Timeline for Is there a way to avoid saying 'that that'?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2017 at 18:13 | comment | added | P. E. Dant Reinstate Monica | You might note here that Prof. Strunk, in The Elements of Style, opines that "... the fact that should be revised out of every sentence in which it occurs." | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 16:16 | comment | added | can-ned_food | Two more single–word substitutions which may be adequate, depending on the voice and vernacular of the speaker: such, this — also given in another answer — and the plural form these. Moreso specific pronouns could be preferable if the context support them; examples: my, your, our. Also, the plural form of ‘that’ could be useful to avoid the visual homonymic repetition: those. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 20:17 | comment | added | TimR | I think Yoda would say "That it was the only evidence, shocking it was." | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 19:13 | comment | added | Jez W | I like the first option - the third one's a bit Yoda-esque IMO. | |
| Feb 18, 2016 at 17:00 | history | answered | TimR | CC BY-SA 3.0 |