Discussion
Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence ?
On the whole that is true.
Answer: B
The underlined word that is a pronoun.
In 'On the whole that is true', that stands on its own as the subject of the verb is, referring back to the statement made just before it. A word that replaces a noun or a noun phrase in this way is a (demonstrative) pronoun.
It would be a determiner only if a noun followed it, as in 'that idea is true'. It is not joining two clauses, so it is not a conjunction, and it is not a preposition.
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