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Michelle Cha Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The usage of 'that' as a conjunction

1. The result means if a teen looks down as he texts, he adds 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure to his neck.

2. The result means that if a teen looks down as he texts, he adds 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure to his neck.

3. The results means that he adds 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure to his neck if a teen looks down as he texts.

Which of these sentences are/is grammatically correct?
  

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Hello, Michelle,—and welcome to English Forums. It is less controversial to cast your sentence in the plural for the sake of the pronoun conundrum: The results show that if teenagers look down as they text, they add 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure to their necks .

  • Hello, Michelle,—and welcome to English Forums.
  • It is less controversial to cast your sentence in the plural for the sake of the pronoun conundrum: The results show that if teenagers look down as they text, they add 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure to their necks .
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Hello, Michelle,—and welcome to English Forums.

It is less controversial to cast your sentence in the plural for the sake of the pronoun conundrum:

The results show that if teenagers look down as they text, they add 9 to 13 kilograms of pressure to their necks.

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