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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoWith the “that, that” the comma helps, but you actually don’t even need the second that for that sentence to make grammatical sense.
minus-square@woodenskewer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoI feel like if they replaced the first “that” with “when” it would read smoother. “…a time when that sign”
minus-square@frezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoOn that note, I really hate it when a double-that is the only way for a sentence to make sense. Like I need to rewrite the whole paragraph to avoid that monstrosity.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoI go full on Martian when I read a double-that.
With the “that, that” the comma helps, but you actually don’t even need the second that for that sentence to make grammatical sense.
I feel like if they replaced the first “that” with “when” it would read smoother. “…a time when that sign”
On that note, I really hate it when a double-that is the only way for a sentence to make sense. Like I need to rewrite the whole paragraph to avoid that monstrosity.
I go full on Martian when I read a double-that.