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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"Those that that ~"

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.

  • I believe it is a mistake.
  • There should only be one that there.
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I believe it is a mistake. There should only be one that there.
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Oh, really?
I've spent a lot of time...
Anyway, thank you so much!!

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