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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Do I need the second "that"?

However, Soth was then arrested by the Knights’ Council, who revealed that Isolde had become pregnant and (that) word had arrived in Palanthas that his wife had "mysteriously" disappeared.
  

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No, because that is a co-ordinating conjunction. The Knights' Council revealed two things: 1. Isolde had become pregnant.

— Cool Breeze

  • No, because that is a co-ordinating conjunction.
  • The Knights' Council revealed two things: 1.
  • Isolde had become pregnant.
  • 2.
  • Word had arrived in Palanthas about Isolde's wife's "mysterious" disappearance.
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No, because that is a co-ordinating conjunction. The Knights' Council revealed two things:
1. Isolde had become pregnant.
2. Word had arrived in Palanthas about Isolde's wife's "mysterious" disappearance.

A similar example: I knew that he had the book and [that] he had read it.

CB
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Cool Breezethat is a co-ordinating conjunction
I think you meant subordinating conjunction.
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Aspara GusI think you meant subordinating conjunction.
No, I meant co-ordinating conjunction.

CB
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Cool BreezeNo, I meant co-ordinating conjunction.
It's not coordinating anything, though; it's marking the following clause as subordinate. The coordinating conjunction and, by contrast, is marking the coordination of two content clauses of equal syntactic status (complement of the verb revealed).

The second that is optiona
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Aspara GusIt's not coordinating anything, though; it's marking the following clause as subordinate. The coordinating conjunction and, by contrast, is marking the coordination of two content clauses of equal syntactic status (complement of the verb revealed).
Right you are! My apologies. I must have been asleep when I wrote my post. I meant to write ab
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