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Questions about spoken English.

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Why do some people say "the reason is is that," with "is" twice in a row?

I think the point is (is) that there's a distinction between a preliminary noun-clause ending in "is", as in the first example below and which is correct, and a preliminary noun-clause that is complet …
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