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Mkyol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

you can't say whatever's on your mind

Is that an idiom? because if that's expanded, then it is:

"you can't say whatever is on your mind", which I don't think is gramatically correct without adding 'that' before 'is'.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, Is that an idiom? Perhaps, although it's not too far from the normal meaning of the words.. because if that's expanded, then it is: "you can't say whatever is on your mind", which I don't think is gramatically correct without adding 'that' before 'is'.

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  • Hi, Is that an idiom?
  • Perhaps, although it's not too far from the normal meaning of the words..
  • because if that's expanded, then it is: "you can't say whatever is on your mind", which I don't think is gramatically correct without adding 'that' before 'is'.
  • No, you don't need 'that'.
  • It's like the simpler sentence 'He said what was on his mind'.
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Hi,

Is that an idiom? Perhaps, although it's not too far from the normal meaning of the words..

because if that's expanded, then it is:

"you can't say whatever is on your mind", which I don't think is gramatically correct without adding 'that' before 'is'. No, you don't need 'that'. I
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