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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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but that until
The said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room: she lay reclined on a sofa by the fireside, and with her darlings about her (for the time neither quarrelling nor crying) looked perfectly happy. Me, she had dispensed from joining the group; saying, “She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner—something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were—she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children.”
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What is ‘that’ for?
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You can safely remove the that from that sentence. In fact, "that" would probably be considered incorrect in modern English as would some other constructions such as "regretted to be under" (in modern English this would be regretted being under), and so on.
- You can safely remove the that from that sentence.
- In fact, "that" would probably be considered incorrect in modern English as would some other constructions such as "regretted to be under" (in modern English this would be regretted being under), and so on.
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You can safely remove the that from that sentence. In fact, "that" would probably be considered incorrect in modern English as would some other constructions such as "regretted to be under" (in modern English this would be regretted being under), and so on.
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