By Relative pronouns, Demonstrative Adjectives

In Q1 you cannot omit the second that (that land) because it is the demonstrative adjective, not the relative pronoun. The other that can be omitted.In Q2 the second and third that can be omitted. The basic rule is that that can be omitted as long as the meaning is not confused by doing so. ...

Hi people! I know of some cases when "that" can be omitted, as in: "I told him (that) he was looking great tonight." Can we always omit "that" when it has this function? Here, I see it as merely connecting the two clauses. BTW, which part of speech is "that" in my example above? Is it a...

Either your terminology or your understanding is a bit confused, Mystery. 'That' is not always considered one of the relative pronouns (who, what, which), but when it is, it is simultaneously serving as a subordinating conjunction. In 'I didn't know that a business like this needs much...

I'm having trouble explaining the difference (and similarities) in usage between "whatever" and "any": when they can be used almost interchangeably, when they cannot, etc. I've compiled a basic list (below) of the usage with the help of a dictionary, and am looking for feedback. 1) as a...

Hello again, Neon. Regarding these two words, please listen again: Some dependent clauses begin with 'that', the restrictive relative pronoun. (Other dependent clauses begin with 'which', a restrictive and non-restrictive pronoun.) However, 'that' as a demonstrative pronoun or demonstrative...

Hi, this is my first post to the group. I’ve just pasted information from Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage. To be quite frank, I don’t really understand these definitions fully but I hope the information is useful to you. So, regarding the words 1 Than 2 that 1 Than is normally used to...