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Grammarshammer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

please check this sentence/relitive pronoun

This place was not the same place that I live in today, and for that I have only Mike to thank.



Is the bolded sentence correct? Also, how do I know when it's OK to omit the relitive pronoun 'that'?
  

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The sentence is OK. Basically, you can omit the relative pronoun that in a restrictive clause when the restrictive clause begins with a subject: I have a dog that barks incessantly. ) I have a dog (that) my neighbors hate.

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  • The sentence is OK.
  • Basically, you can omit the relative pronoun that in a restrictive clause when the restrictive clause begins with a subject: I have a dog that barks incessantly.
  • ) I have a dog (that) my neighbors hate.
  • (You can omit the word that .
  • ) Look at this thread for further information: Could you help me with an authorative reference?
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The sentence is OK. Basically, you can omit the relative pronoun that in a restrictive clause when the restrictive clause begins with a subject:

I have a dog that barks incessantly. (You cannot omit the word that.)
I have a dog (that) my neighbors hate. (You can omit the word that. "My neighbors" is the subject of the clause.)

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