That or those team's chances?

Subject:That or those team's chances?
Date:Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:14:32 -0800 (PST)
I read the phrase "I assess that team=92s chances as good" and it
sounded wrong.
I would have written "I assess those team=92s chances as good"

I am Italian, and in Italian the adjective "that" follows the genre
and number of the referred object, so "those chances" remains "those
chances" regardless of what happens on the rest of the phrase.

My Italian brain builds the phrase like this:
- I assess those chances
- I assess those chances as good
- I assess those chances of that team as good
- I assess those team's chances as good
The assessed object is the plural chances in all the four phrases.

Does the same rule applies in English?
If not, what is the rule that changes those in that?

Thanks,
Stefano



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