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Hktrader Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Question on subordinate clauses

Hi, everyone, I have a question to the below sentence. Please help.

"However much US voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state."

My question is: Are the 2 "that" a must(necessary) to the above sentence? Is that possible to omit(cross out) them?

Thanks in advance
  

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They are not absolutely necessary, but the sentence is better with both of them, especially because of the two clauses. By the time you get to the second clause, the tacit "that" has faded so much you feel it.

— Enoon

  • They are not absolutely necessary, but the sentence is better with both of them, especially because of the two clauses.
  • By the time you get to the second clause, the tacit "that" has faded so much you feel it.
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They are not absolutely necessary, but the sentence is better with both of them, especially because of the two clauses. By the time you get to the second clause, the tacit "that" has faded so much you feel it.
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For parallelism in sentence construction, either use both of the "that"s or neither of them.

"However much US voters may agree there is waste in government and the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state."
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