How do I take out the word That?

Question

Hello, I notices I've a tendency to use the word "that." I wrote the
following sentence can you show how to rewrite the sentence without using the
word "That."

I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard that curled at the end.

Doll · Accepted Answer

There is something missing in this sentence. I think it is an auxiliary verb.

I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard that was curled at the end.

My suggestion to omit that is: omit "that was" in the sentence so yo have:

I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard curled at the end.

Clive · Answer

Hi,
Everybody who speaks English uses the word 'that' a lot.
It's fine in your sentence.

Clive

Kanashu · Answer

I would delete this post if i knew how to Sorry for the inconvenience
but since i don't know how to let me make it relevant

Its true, in the English language we use "that" a lot. If its grammatically correct there is no reason to change it. However if your looking for other words to replace it; such your example:

"I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard that curled at the end"

I would change it to
"I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard which curled at the end"

However I definitely wouldn't omit it altogether
e.g."I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard {removed} curled at the end."

Here is a few ways I would have written that sentence
I grew a long fuzzy brown beard that curled at ends
I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard with the ends curled
I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard and the ends were curled

Basically it depends on the context that you are writing in. Lets pretend your writing a fantasy of some sort;
"To my astonishment I discovered over the course of the night. I had grown a long fuzzy brown bread, with curly ends" the latter sentence works as well but what I am trying to say is, you can change your sentence so that you don't use "that".

My advice is that you use "that" and come back to it afterward and modify the sentence, but if your in a time writing situation. The readers care more about the content then complexity of the sentence structures.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much.

Anonymous · Answer

Hello, I write short stories and I notice that I use a lot of "that" in my writing. Thank you both
for your help. *** bless.

Anonymous · Answer

I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard WHICH curled at the end.
I had grown a long fuzzy brown beard. It curled at the end.

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