I have a sentence that I can't grammatically understand. That's the following. "In doing this he eliminated some more of the acorns, discarding the smaller ones and those that that showed even the slightest crack." The problem I have is the "those that that".
I know the term "those that," and I think the "those" in this sentence is one of the objects of the "discarding." Which is to say "discarding the smaller ones, and discarding those that ~." However, I can't understand why this sentence have two that's in a row. Can't we say "~ and those that showed~ "?
Could someone please give me a grammatical explanation?
Top answer
I believe it is a mistake. There should only be one that there.
— Blue Jay
I believe it is a mistake.
There should only be one that there.
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