- How do you handle that that? The double that problem
Have you ever had a case where you felt compelled to include strange things like a double that in a sentence? If so, then what did you do to resolve this? For me, I never knew whether it was accep
- Given versus Given that - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I just received a proofread version of an academic manuscript from my copy editor She essentially changed all of the instances in which I had written "given that" to "given " I've tried to read up
- How to avoid that that that that is so very awkward
In all seriousness, are there any common patterns or strategies people use to avoid having to write a sentence in which "that that" appears? For example: Evidential decision theory recommends ta
- pronouns - When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in . . .
Actually, there's more to this than mentioned in some other answers The word that is a subordinator; it is not a relative word like who, where, when, or which Even in integrated relative clauses, they are not always interchangeable When the relative construction follows a fronted preposition, only relative words will do, so relative pronoun which is available, but that isn't We have to
- Are there rules about using that to join two clauses?
He will understand that I was not joking He will understand I was not joking Which of the sentences is correct? Are there any specific rules about the use of quot;that quot; in the sentences I
- comma or semicolon before that is and repeating that
Your new example now contains a main verb (=, that is, equals), so what you have is correct But you can use either a semicolon or commas To use a "simpler" sentence: 1 We need to show that 2 plus 2 equals 4; that is, that 4 is the sum of 2 and 2 or 2 We need to show that 2 plus 2, that is, the sum of 2 and 2, is [equals] 4 Note the placement of the punctuation and of "that is" In 1, we
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It is usually said that who is used for people (and sometimes animals) while that is used to refer to objects In actual usage, though, both who and that can be used to refer to persons, sometimes to animals, and sometimes to entities that consist of people The dog who that chewed the bone chased the cat The person who that stole my purse used all my credit cards The group who that went
- Origin of That tracks to mean That makes sense.
For the past few years, I have been hearing people say quot;that tracks, quot; meaning quot;that makes sense quot; My search on Green's Dictionary of Slang yielded nothing with this clear meani
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