Which is the formal one?
“Given I’m tired, I won’t be there.”
“Given that I am tired, I won’t be there.”
Can we omit the “that” after “given” or it won’t be formal anymore?
Other examples:
I don’t like you, given you’ve been mean lately. Or... I don’t like you, given that you’ve been mean lately.
*formal please
Thanks for the help!
given
followed by a noun/noun phrase, andgiven that
followed by a clause. But the second usage can still legally omitthat
, exactly the same way"He said that it's true"
or"He said it's true"
are both correct.