Jackson6612  +  485159 Wed, 05 Mar 08 06:41 AM Is the following text correct? You don't understand this thing will hurt you terribly in the end. This thing is very dangerous at the heart of it. Jackson6612 Joined on Wed, Dec 27 2006 Senior Member 3,688 It’s a difficult question for any man to answer… Whether to follow his dreams no matter what… Or to give in slowly and let life lead you where it will.

	Avangi  +  485169 Wed, 05 Mar 08 07:12 AM These are both okay, Jackson.  Without more context you'd have to guess what they're talking about, but you could easily make up scenarios where they'd work.  Some would say there's a "that" understood in your first one:  You don't understand [that] this thing will hurt you . . . Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,182 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Jackson6612  +  485196 Wed, 05 Mar 08 09:27 AM Avangi “ Some would say there's a "that" understood in your first one:  You don't understand [that] this thing will hurt you . . . ” By the way, why is that ''that'' used the way as it could have been in that sentence where including or excluding it doesn't make much difference? Jackson6612

	Jackson6612  +  485197 Wed, 05 Mar 08 09:28 AM Avangi “ Some would say there's a "that" understood in your first one:  You don't understand [that] this thing will hurt you . . . ” By the way, why is that ''that'' used the way as it could have been in that sentence where including or excluding it doesn't make much difference? Jackson6612

	Avangi  +  485330 Wed, 05 Mar 08 04:43 PM IMO this is a complex sentence. You don't understand is the main clause and [that] this thing will hurt you is a relative clause.  I guess "that" is a relative conjunction (doesn't sound right) and should be omitted when the sentence is easily understood without it. Avangi Clauses