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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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 ...
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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 "that" in the sentences I
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Origin of "That tracks" to mean "That makes sense."
For the past few years, I have been hearing people say "that tracks," meaning "that makes sense." My search on Green's Dictionary of Slang yielded nothing with this clear meani...
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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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Can the word "that" be used to refer to people?
Good writers, who presumably knew what they were doing, have been using that to refer to people for as long as the relative pronoun that has been in the language. It's been used by Caxton, Shakespeare, Service, Franklin, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage calls the notion that that may not refer to people "unfounded". Their conclusion: In current usage, that refers to persons or ...