SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI hate that that happenslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down17 cross-posted to: Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comnonpolitical_memes@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1imageI hate that that happenslemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square141linkfedilink cross-posted to: Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comnonpolitical_memes@lemmy.ml
minus-squareBartyDeCanterlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago“That that” can and probably should be replaced with “that which” in almost every instance it is used. Edit: or “when that”
minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoMany times you don’t need the first “that” at all. Did you know that I play soccer? Vs Did you know I play soccer?
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat is both true and less “demonstrative”.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI’m surprised that that is your opinion. Put that in your thatwhich and eat it ;).
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIDK about specific alternatives which are suitable in most or even many situations, but it’s usually very easy to re-phrase when I form a written sentence with “that that”. It might be grammatically correct, but it usually seems to be imprecise.
“That that” can and probably should be replaced with “that which” in almost every instance it is used.
Edit: or “when that”
Many times you don’t need the first “that” at all.
Vs
That is both true and less “demonstrative”.
I’m surprised that that is your opinion.
Put that in your thatwhich and eat it ;).
IDK about specific alternatives which are suitable in most or even many situations, but it’s usually very easy to re-phrase when I form a written sentence with “that that”. It might be grammatically correct, but it usually seems to be imprecise.