Using a word twice, or more than twice, in a sentence.

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Is it proper grammar to use a word such as "that" twice, or more than twice, in a particular sentence?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Yes.

Broadly speaking, I'd say that there are no, or at least very few, words that you can't use twice in a sentence.

Clive

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousIs it proper grammar to use a word such as "that" twice, or more than twice, in a particular sentence?

It is proper. Here's an example from a song.

This is the farmer sowing his corn
That kept the coc k that crowed in the morn
That waked the priest all shaven and shorn
That married the man all tattered and torn
That kissed the maiden all forlorn
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn
That tossed the dog that worried the cat
That killed the rat that ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built!

CJ

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