Timeline for "that" omission, subject-verb distance
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| Mar 23 at 6:44 | comment | added | user182601 | She whispered she was not feeling very well. Wouldn't we more usually say She whispered that she was not feeling very well.* | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 20:12 | comment | added | haha | @Shoe I'm sorry, but what do you mean by transitive and intransitive; because email is a transitive verb at least according to my dictionaries, i.e. Longman and Cambridge. | |
| Dec 24, 2013 at 11:06 | comment | added | Shoe | @Student. Tell is a transitive verb, hence it is permissible to omit that: I was told (that) you are an experienced accountant. The omission of that has nothing to do with the subject of the that-clause, as you hypothesise. It has to do with the transitivity of the verb (in its context). Realize is a transitive verb so both I realised I was right all along and I realised that I was right all along are permissible. Want and believe are also transitive, whereas email in its context here is intransitive. | |
| Dec 24, 2013 at 10:49 | comment | added | Student | Last one: The attorney believed that her client was guilty | |
| Dec 24, 2013 at 10:38 | comment | added | Student | This is my take, can you guys verify this: OMIT THAT - when there is 2 entities e.g. "I" was told "you" are an experienced accountant. "I" just knew "it" was something I wanted to do. "I" realised "you" were right all along" KEEP THAT when there is ONE entity (same person): "I" realised that "I" was right all along "he" emailed that "he" had sent the money | |
| Dec 24, 2013 at 10:11 | comment | added | Student | How about this then; Is this an object clause (so omit that)? Is told an intransitive verb (so keep that)? I was told that you are an experienced accountant | |
| Dec 24, 2013 at 8:34 | history | edited | Shoe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 24, 2013 at 8:20 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I prefer your answer, Shoe, but feel [that] there's enough non-overlap to leave mine too. | |
| Dec 24, 2013 at 7:55 | history | answered | Shoe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |