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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

that-clause

Is it okay to say " I couldn't believe how huge and crowded it was,"
I know that the sentence without "that" would be mostly used, however, how can you explain the use of 'that' is whether right or wrong?
  

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You can't use 'that' in that sentence. You could in this one - I couldn't believe that it was so crowded.

  • You can't use 'that' in that sentence.
  • You could in this one - I couldn't believe that it was so crowded.
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You can't use 'that' in that sentence. You could in this one - I couldn't believe that it was so crowded.
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Thank you for your reply! But there's an article from a university of Surrey with the title saying "Research shows that how students engage with feedback is as important as its content". Is that title wrong too?
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Anonymous Thank you for your reply! But there's an article from a university of Surrey with the title saying "Research shows that how students engage with feedback is as important as its content". Is that title wrong too?
No, it's fine in that sentence. How is being used differently there. In the first sentence it means the extent of

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