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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Can I omit?
1) It was Tom that met Mike there yesterday.
2) It was Mike that Tom met there yesterday.
3) It was there that Tom met Mike yesterday.
4) It was yesterday that Tom met Mike there.
Is it possible to omit that in these sentences?
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anonymous Is it possible to omit that in these sentences? The first one should be It was Tom who met Mike there yesterday. The second It was Mike who(m) Tom met there yesterday.
- anonymous Is it possible to omit that in these sentences?
- The first one should be It was Tom who met Mike there yesterday.
- The second It was Mike who(m) Tom met there yesterday.
- The third and fourth are OK as you wrote them.
- You sometimes hear these without the relative word ( that, who , or whom ), but omitting them in this cleft sentence pattern can sound awkward.
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anonymousIs it possible to omit that in these sentences?
The first one should be
It was Tom who met Mike there yesterday.
The second
It was Mike who(m) Tom met there yesterday.
The third and fourth are OK as you wrote them.
You sometimes hear these without the relative word (that, who, or who
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