Questions relating to the pattern of words in a sentence.
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About inversion
Given the following sentence,
Nowhere on her title page or copyright page is there a suggestion that anyone but Walker wrote her story.
Can I invert it as follows without changing the meaning?
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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 ...
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Is there a term that addresses the use of optional / in the following sentence
In this sentence "I cannot overwrite/ride the method" is there a term that applies to the use of the optional "/" and in fact is it correct to denote the optional as such or are the full words ...
