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I agree with both your points: if your first sentence stood alone, I'd omit that. But in sequence with the other two, it sounds better to leave it in. There is an actual rule in English linguisti...
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I agree with both your points: if your first sentence stood alone, I'd omit _that_. But in sequence with the other two, it sounds better to leave it in. There is an actual rule in English linguistics called _that-deletion,_ which allows you to drop the word "that" before certain independent clauses if you choose to. In this case, I'd keep it.
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2015-04-09T16:38:39Z (over 9 years ago)
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