句子分析
The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands,but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away. 1、seldom that 中的that 起什么作用？可省吗？ 2、"the employer had often had" 是过去完成时？是不是省略了？——the employer had often had （ familiar personal knowledge of the workmen ）？？
答：是的，passing away是修饰family business的分词定语详情>>
答：详情>>
