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Chineselindsay Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
An object clause...
Dear teachers,
There is a sentence:
Chuck learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have someone to care about.
Why we can omit the first that, but we can't omit the second one?
There is a sentence:
Chuck learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have someone to care about.
Why we can omit the first that, but we can't omit the second one?
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You can omit the 2nd, but it is unwise because it causes the reader some confusion and s/he must re-read to understand the structure.
- You can omit the 2nd, but it is unwise because it causes the reader some confusion and s/he must re-read to understand the structure.
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You can omit the 2nd, but it is unwise because it causes the reader some confusion and s/he must re-read to understand the structure.
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It's good to not omit both the that, because the and means parallel structure, which links both the that clause.
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