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In Dutch one could say things such as

Dat hij dat durft!
That he that dares!

(An exclamation of astonishment)

Which would be roughly translated as: thatthat he dares to do that he dares doing that. Is that initial that standard English? If not, how would a nativ eEnglishnative English speaker translate that sentence?

In Dutch one could say things such as

Dat hij dat durft!
That he that dares!

(An exclamation of astonishment)

Which would be roughly translated as: that he dares doing that. Is that initial that standard English? If not, how would a nativ eEnglish speaker translate that sentence?

In Dutch one could say things such as

Dat hij dat durft!
That he that dares!

(An exclamation of astonishment)

Which would be roughly translated as: that he dares to do that. Is that initial that standard English? If not, how would a native English speaker translate that sentence?

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Are sentences starting with "that" (conjunction) standard English

In Dutch one could say things such as

Dat hij dat durft!
That he that dares!

(An exclamation of astonishment)

Which would be roughly translated as: that he dares doing that. Is that initial that standard English? If not, how would a nativ eEnglish speaker translate that sentence?