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Grammaticality of “that that” [duplicate]
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How do you handle “that that”? The double “that” problem
“I don't think that that can be done”
Better use of “that that” — or not
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“Are you sure sure” — is this repetition grammatically correct?
A typical conversation among members of my age demographic could go like this:
Person 1: Did you know that x > y?!?
Person 2: Are you sure?
Person 1: Yeah, I'm sure.
Person 2: Are ...
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Better use of “that that” — or not [duplicate]
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How do you handle “that that”? The double “that” problem
I sometimes seem to write myself into using 2 thats in succession, as in:
"Now that ...
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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 ...
