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An adjunct is a part of a sentence which provides additional information to another part, but is not essential for its structure. E.g. 'in the park' in the sentence 'I saw you in the park'. Use this tag ONLY if the question is about an adjunct itself, not just because an adjunct appears in the sentence you have a question about.

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Is "that" omissible after "with the result"?

In CGEL, while discussing the purpose adjuncts "so/in order" + that-clause (p. 727), it is stated that "that" is omissible after "so", but not after "in order". … Under result adjuncts, there is "so/with the result" + that-clause (p. 732). …
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Is "that" omissible after "with the result"?

I believe that I have found the answer in CGEL, chapter 11 (content calsuses), under "optional omission of that" (page 953). It gives the following example as favouring retention I didn’t like his in …
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