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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
- 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
- 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
- grammaticality - I am confused about the use of “that they” in English . . .
Both your examples are grammatical However, that may be omitted from this kind of relative clause when, as in your examples, it is the object (You will see that I have edited the title of your question It’s important to learn the difference between the present participle (confusing) and the past participle (confused)
- Is it grammatically acceptable to start a sentence with That that. . . ?
@Catija The two are inextricably connected—you can't separate them like that Ungrammaticality is nothing but clumsiness or awkwardness to a not-precisely-definable-but-more-than-just-clumsy degree To me, ‘that that’ in the sense ‘that which’ is on the ungrammatical side of the line, but it's not far from the merely clumsy side To others (like you, it would seem) it is sure to fall
- 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
- grammar - When to use this or that? - English Language Usage . . .
Hello, Drflash55, and welcome to English Language Usage Your answer seems to be heavily weighted toward personal opinion as opposed to objective analysis—but this site especially prizes answers that have an identifiable basis in verifiable fact rather than just opinion Please consider strengthening your answer by citing some independent authority that draws the same general conclusion
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