Timeline for How could this that-clause come out in this sentence?
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| Jun 2, 2017 at 18:54 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @BillJ Acceptable, yes. For what it's worth, Google Ngrams seems to show that the infinitival versions (sufficient(ly) ... to, enough to), although still markedly more common than the constructions with content clauses, have been losing ground since just about the time I started learning English. | |
| Jun 2, 2017 at 17:26 | comment | added | BillJ | I thought that expressions like the OP's "that it does not entail being in charge of those who follow" were acceptable in AmE as resultative content clauses. | |
| Jun 2, 2017 at 16:46 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @EdwinAshworth I don't let that one bother me either. Life's too short. | |
| Jun 2, 2017 at 16:44 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Via the ' ... enough that' construction? | |
| Jun 2, 2017 at 16:37 | history | answered | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |