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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Erasing all the 'that' in my work

Hello teachers,

I'm writing a piece of work with a small word count, so I'm struggling to find ways to fit in as much information as possible. I thought that maybe its possible to erase all 'that' in my sentences to free up some words for other ideas, as I THINK my sentences still make sense without 'that'. But is this grammatically correct?
  

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Anonymous maybe it ' s possible to erase all 'that' s in my sentences to free up some words Not all of your erasures will be grammatically correct, but most of them probably will. You can't erase demonstrative 'that', for example: That is what I believe would become Is what I believe . You can't erase relative 'that' if it's a subject, for example: He's the guy that paid me would become He's the guy paid me .

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous maybe it ' s possible to erase all 'that' s in my sentences to free up some words Not all of your erasures will be grammatically correct, but most of them probably will.
  • You can't erase demonstrative 'that', for example: That is what I believe would become Is what I believe .
  • You can't erase relative 'that' if it's a subject, for example: He's the guy that paid me would become He's the guy paid me .
  • So erase, but check.
  • CJ
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Anonymousmaybe it's possible to erase all 'that's in my sentences to free up some words
Not all of your erasures will be grammatically correct, but most of them probably will.

You can't erase demonstrative 'that', for example: That is what I believe would bec
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