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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
That
Hello. Sometimes I get confused as to whether I should put "that" in a sentence or not. For example:
Everything is going fine, until she throws him out of her apartment and life for an absurdly comical injury he gives her in the bedroom.
Should there be a "that" before "he?"
Thanks.
Everything is going fine, until she throws him out of her apartment and life for an absurdly comical injury he gives her in the bedroom.
Should there be a "that" before "he?"
Thanks.
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Everything is going fine, until she throws him out of her apartment and life for an absurdly comical injury [ (that) he gives her in the bedroom ] . The rule is that relativizing "that" is omissible unless it is the subject of the relative clause. '), so there's no problem with omitting it.
- Everything is going fine, until she throws him out of her apartment and life for an absurdly comical injury [ (that) he gives her in the bedroom ] .
- The rule is that relativizing "that" is omissible unless it is the subject of the relative clause.
- '), so there's no problem with omitting it.
- BillJ
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Everything is going fine, until she throws him out of her apartment and life for an absurdly comical injury [(that) he gives her in the bedroom].
The rule is that relativizing "that" is omissible unless it is the subject of the relative clause. In your example, "that" functions as the object of "gives" in the bracketed relative clause ('he gives her an absurdly
The rule is that relativizing "that" is omissible unless it is the subject of the relative clause. In your example, "that" functions as the object of "gives" in the bracketed relative clause ('he gives her an absurdly
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