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Please make me understand using "that" in the sentence below.

Jhon said that he had traveled for almost a year through the forest but that he got fried when he had to walk through desert.
  

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John said two things. that he had traveled for almost a year through the forest. that he got fried when he had to walk through desert.

  • John said two things.
  • that he had traveled for almost a year through the forest.
  • that he got fried when he had to walk through desert.
  • Scottish John said that he had traveled for almost a year through the forest but that he got fried when he had to walk through desert.
  • The underlined parts are noun clause in form, and function as complement of the verb 'said'.
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John said two things.

first: ...that he had traveled for almost a year through the forest.

second: ...that he got fried when he had to walk through desert.

Scottish John said that he had traveled for almost a year through the forest but that he got fried when he had to walk through desert.

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