Timeline for Where do I use (and not use) "that?" (not a vs. "this" question)
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| Dec 8, 2012 at 16:51 | comment | added | John Lawler | @Chris: No, that in your examples may be deleted. There is no should involved -- Complementizer that is optional in this configuration, is all. Relative marker that has other optional configurations, but this isn't one of them, because it's not a relative clause. | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 16:48 | comment | added | Barrie England | @Chris. Can be rather than should be. | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 16:22 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @JohnLawler Go on, then. | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 16:10 | comment | added | Chris | So, the "the nothing that was there" is grammatically sound and the "that" in my example sentences should both be omitted? | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 15:49 | comment | added | John Lawler | That's pretty close to everything. There are reasons for this behavior, but they're much more complex. | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 15:06 | history | answered | Barrie England | CC BY-SA 3.0 |