I found out a sentence 'That a teddy bear from 1996 is not an antique.'from a text book. There is an audio file of it as well. The actor said so, too.
The story was like:
Eric and Tom got back from a trip, and found their apartment was messy. Eric thought that they had been robbed and said he lost his antique from his grandmother. Tom asked what kind of antique was. Eric said it was a teddy bear from 1996. Then Tom said 'That a teddy bear from 1996 is not an antique.'
It was kind ofI encountered the sentence "That a funny story.
I just wonder why 'that'and 'a' are put togetherteddy bear from 1996 is not an antique.
The script says
A: What" It is it exactly?
B: I havefrom a picturetext book. There is an audio file of it as well. Here. (he shows a picture of is the thing he thought he lost.)
Bscript: It's uh... it's a teddy bear. Right. Ok, thank you officer.
A: What did he say?
A: What is it exactly?
B: I have a picture of it. Here. [He shows a picture of the thing he
thought he lost.]
B: It's uh... it's a teddy bear. Right. Ok, thank you officer.
A: What did he say?
B: That a teddy bear from 1996 is not an antique.
A: Well, this is just awful! What could've happened?
B: ThatMy question is the following. Is "That a teddy bear from 1996 is not an antique.antique" a grammatical sentence?
A: Well, this is just awful! What could've happenedWhy are 'that' and 'a' put together?
