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Timeline for a peculiar use of "that"

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Oct 23, 2017 at 4:44 vote accept Apollyon
Oct 21, 2017 at 15:01 answer added TimR timeline score: 3
Oct 21, 2017 at 13:12 history edited stangdon CC BY-SA 3.0
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Oct 21, 2017 at 13:11 comment added stangdon It's correct, just remember that Dickens was writing over 150 years ago, and some phrasings have changed. The phrasing would definitely be considered unusual today, but look up the meaning of the phrase "but that".
Oct 21, 2017 at 12:39 history asked Apollyon CC BY-SA 3.0