The sentence   I marveled that you chuckled that I said "juxtaposition".   suffers from "that" overload. We'd all agree.  It's easy to slim either 'that'. Hence either   I marveled you chuckled that I said "juxtaposition". I marveled that you chuckled I said "juxtaposition".    sounds fine.  Does any rule prevent us from going all the way and discarding both?   I marveled you chuckled I said "juxtaposition".
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He will understand that I was not joking.   He will understand I was not joking.  Which of the sentences is correct? Are there any specific rules about the use of &quot;that&quot; in the sentences I reported as example?
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Would it be acceptable to write the following using the hyphens below:  I am trying to get back to my pre-secret-mistress bliss.  Or should it be:  I am trying to get back to my pre-secret mistress bliss.  Is it ok to write:  It's taunting me like some just-out-of-reach nirvana.  Any advice would be appreciated. I have read a style guide on the subject and am now second-guessing myself. Thank you!
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If I want to mention the word "furlong", for example, should I use furlong, "furlong", or 'furlong'? Also, am I correct in putting the punctuation outside the quotes?
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Is there a place for using these pleonasms:  &quot;It is John who runs.&quot; (instead of: &quot;John runs.&quot;)  &quot;It was congress that legislated.&quot; (instead of: &quot;Congress legislated.&quot;)   ? It would seem to have its use only when what comes after the &quot;that&quot; is a long clause: Example from the intro. of :  It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric.  could be rewritten as:  That the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric is an old observation.  But this isn't conciser.
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I searched for  and found many example where &quot;that&quot; is omit. So my question is, is &quot;that&quot; unnecessary when paired with &quot;what happened is?&quot; Example sentence (with a small tense change):  What happened was (that) I got into an argument with my co-workers, so I headed back home alone.
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Is there any alternative to this construction?      It was too stupid a question.    I mean, can we somehow put the 'a' in a different position and is it used in English (maybe informal) or the version I've given is the only possible?  Also, I feel as if something's wrong in my previous sentence, it would be very nice if anybody corrected it.
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Which one is the most suitable option for the following sentence and why?  I do not like these kind of novels.  This kind Those kind This kinds None of the above   Please let me know the grammatical rule for this type of sentence.
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I stumbled upon a  with the following paragraph:     MBIE has launched an investigation into claims Chinese galvanised   steel coil imports have been dumped on the local market, causing   "material injury" to New Zealand industry, and the case will end up on   the table of newly appointed Commerce Minister Jacqui Dean.   I thought that sentence was grammatically wrong because the author should put the word "that" (as a conjunction) right after the word "claim". I don't see why the author could drop the conjunction. Is this a prevailing phenomenon in American or Australian English?
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I am not sure which conjunction to use in the following context:        I know about programming but I have a little bit of confusion in Java programming.   I know about programming although I have a little bit of confusion in programming.    I know about programming however I have a little bit of confusion in Java programming.
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"For someone used to the tiny creatures we get in England it was something of a shock."  I think, in this sentence, relative pronouns before some words have been omitted. I know rules of omitting relative pronouns, but in this case I have failed to understand before which words relative pronouns can be placed to understand the sentence perfectly, which has been stated above. Please, explain the rules of omitting relative pronouns with the help of the sentence stated above, so that I can be able to understand this type of sentences easily. You can also use other sentences to explain this fact clearly.  Thanks to everyone.
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Do I say "I study computer science," or "I study Computer Science"? Similarly, "I really liked that computer science course," vs. "I really liked that Computer Science course."
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Scenario 1)  Suppose someone is lying to you and you want to tell him / her sarcastically that his words sound too funny (because of the obvious lies he is making up);  Scenario 2)  Suppose someone is cracking very funny jokes for a long time and you've laughed your head off.  For me both of the following sentences make perfect sense and are usable in either former or latter scenarios.      1) Stop making me laugh so much.      2) Stop cracking me up so much.   What's your idea? What do you think of these sentences of mine? Would they sound idiomatic in both senses or they have some slight nuances?
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Here's an example:        Chocolate lovers rejoice!   Chocolate lovers, rejoice!      To my understanding, the first one says that chocolate lovers are rejoicing and in the second one, we are asking the chocolate lovers to rejoice.  Am I correct? Or is it fine to use both 1 and 2 interchangeably?   Also, if am wrong about the second one, then how do you convey to chocolate lovers that they should rejoice?
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I wanted to know if it is grammatically correct to say:  Either the teacher or the students WAS enjoying the picnic.  I'm talking about a grammatical principle and not a proximity or attraction one.  Thank you so much..
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Q: Why did you write that?  A: I wrote it to see if if we explain our logic clearly we can come to an agreement ...  I'm worried about the "if if" part of the sentence. It doesn't read right to me without the double if, but I have never seen it before.  Is it grammatically correct (and why or why not)?
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In the summey of my physics paper, for a scientific journal, in the start of a new paragraph in the discussion, what is more correct to write?   "We have showed that" the system obeys this and that rules,   or:   "We have shown that"...   or simply:    "We showed that"...?   Thanks!
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Is the word "of" optional in this instance? Is either of these considered preferable to the other?        Taste all our delicious treats.   Taste all of our delicious treats.