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- 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
- 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
- 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
- that which used together - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The combination of that which in the example sentences is fine The that is a pronoun referring back to a noun phrase and the which is the relative pronoun used for non-animate antecedents If we expand the shortest of the OP's example sentences to replace the pronoun that with its noun referent, we get: A very small part of acting is acting which takes place on the stage! We can see a similar
- 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 usage - Having said that vs. That being said - English . . .
I want to know the meanings of these phrases Having said that and That being said, the difference between them, and in which context I can use both of them According to my first understanding of
- That was me vs. That was I - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
When telling a story about myself from the past, I have found myself in an internal debate over whether the correct way to segue into the present is: That was me twelve years ago Or: That was I
- grammar - to omit that or not to omit that - English Language . . .
We often omit "that" in direct object noun clauses For example: I hope you have a good weekend or I hope the meeting goes well It may sound a bit stilted to include "that" in those sentences,
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