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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-squarewoodenskewer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI feel like if they replaced the first “that” with “when” it would read smoother. “…a time when that sign”
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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.