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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"Tell me what you'd say that truly makes it real."

"Tell me what you'd say that truly makes it real."
(Song : Love is You)

I saw this in a song and I was wondering if this sentence is correct in grammar? I think that the "that" should be omitted and it might be rewritten to "Tell me what you'd say truly makes it real." and "you'd say" is inserted like I say, I think, I believe, etc, right? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much and have a good day.
  

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Hans51 ? " and "you'd say" is inserted like I say, I think, I believe, etc, right? No, not at all.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hans51 ?
  • " and "you'd say" is inserted like I say, I think, I believe, etc, right?
  • No, not at all.
  • You have not taken the meaning.
  • Here is a rough paraphrase: Tell me the words that you would say.
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Hans51? I think that the "that" should be omitted and it might be rewritten to "Tell me what you'd say truly makes it real." and "you'd say" is inserted like I say, I think, I believe, etc, right?
No, not at all. You have not taken the meaning. Here is a rough paraphrase:

Tell me the words that you would say. Those words would truly make it real
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Thank you so much and the that clause that truly makes it real modifies what here?

What that makes it real is...

This is what that I want.

I have learned that we do not need that there, so I am confused now. What do you think?
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Hans51What that makes it real is...This is what that I want.
Where did you get those? Those are not possible.
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Thank you so much and I am sorry for being late and I made those because I thought the sentence structure is the same with the first example sentence.

"Tell me what you'd say that truly makes it real."
(Song : Love is You)

Here that clause modifies what like those examples, don't they? What do you think?
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Hans51Here that clause modifies what like those examples, don't they?
No, you need the whole clause to make it work, not the pronoun:

What is designed that makes it real is...
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Thank you and this is so new to me and I would like to make sure so that makes it real can modify what you'd say, but not just what here, right?
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Hans51that makes it real can modify what you'd say, but not just what here, right?
That's right, though I am not sure I have given you an accurate reason.
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