{"id":9876,"date":"2020-12-21T08:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T08:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=9876"},"modified":"2023-04-13T22:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T22:32:27","slug":"that-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;That that&#8221; in Sentence Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever wondered why and how on earth can a word be flanked with its identical twin in a sentence?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;ve questioned whether or not this type of phrasal construction is grammatically-correct, then you must be a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academicguides.waldenu.edu\/writingcenter\/grammar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>grammar<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stickler!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kidding aside, if you&rsquo;ve landed on this post searching for some answers, then that means you have profound linguistic competency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s take a closer look to find out more about the double-word construction &ldquo;that that&rdquo; in the arbitrary world of languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Is &ldquo;that that&rdquo; grammatically correct?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Albeit oddly awkward, the usage of &ldquo;that that&rdquo; or the &ldquo;double that&rdquo; in sentence construction is grammatically correct. The first &ldquo;that&rdquo; syntactically functions as subordinating conjunction that links a dependent clause in a complex sentence. The second &ldquo;that,&rdquo; however, may function as a demonstrative pronoun, an adjective, or an adverb depending on the intent of the writer. This type of grammatical usage easily prompts misinterpretation from non-native English learners, and it could also readily invite criticisms from grammar pedants. Thus, &ldquo;that that&rdquo; should only be cautiously applied in colloquial discourse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The different faces of &ldquo;that&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To understand how &ldquo;that that&rdquo; is formed, it is essential to know <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/is-with-which-correct-grammar\/\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> particular word categories the word &ldquo;that&rdquo; belongs to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;That&rdquo; wears several cloaks and may thereby fall under four different parts of speech in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-either\/\"><b>either<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be used as subordinating conjunction in forming complex sentences, or a demonstrative pronoun in replacing a singular noun located far from the language user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it may also be used as an adjective or determiner to refer to an entity pointed out by a speaker or an idea mentioned beforehand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, it may also be used as an adverb of degree to indefinitely modify the subjective intensity of a verb, adjective, or another adverb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>That, the conjunction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several types of conjunctions exist which have coordinating, subordinating, correlating, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-or\/\"><b>or<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adverbial functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;That&rdquo; belongs to the type with a subordinating function that securely holds what we syntactically refer to as &ldquo;complex sentences.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A complex sentence is composed of at least one independent clause, an idea that can stand alone, and at least one dependent clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These clauses are tethered by any subordinating conjunction, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/included-but-not-limited-to\/\"><b>including<\/b><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">although, unless, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">She has confessed that she was responsible for what happened.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;She has confessed&rdquo; is the independent clause while the succeeding words constitute the dependent or the subordinate clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The job of the conjunction &ldquo;that&rdquo; is to link the dependent idea to the main clause <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>so<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as to give further information of what the subject has done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In colloquial discourse, it is possible to leave out the conjunction &ldquo;that,&rdquo; but this omission is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recommended in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> formalistic circumstance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/also-beginning-sentence\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> essential to note that no comma is placed before or after &ldquo;that&rdquo; when the independent clause introduces the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>That: the demonstrative pronoun<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another role &ldquo;that&rdquo; could play is to demonstrate the distant space occupied by singular nouns, with respect to the speaker or writer&rsquo;s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-point-of-view-in-a-sentence\/\" title=\"point of view\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">point of view<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This word category is known as &ldquo;demonstrative pronouns&rdquo; whose three other main examples are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this, these, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">those.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These words are also linguistically called spatial deictic expressions wherein the entity referred to may only be adjudicated when background context is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-provided\/\"><b>provided<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it means that it would be difficult to recognize the exact entity replaced by &ldquo;that&rdquo; without any other details mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">That is mine and this is yours.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-obviously\/\"><b>Obviously<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enough, the writer may add other relevant details to better elaborate the intended meaning.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may be done by adding a noun after &ldquo;that&rdquo; which transforms its function into an adjective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>That: the adjective<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing the adjectival function of &ldquo;that&rdquo; is relatively simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It only needs to be followed by a noun or a noun phrase in the sentence construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using &ldquo;that&rdquo; as an adjective, more specifically called a determiner, entails an adjacent noun <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-in-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>in which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its premodification function is intended for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The job of determiners is to &ldquo;determine&rdquo; the quantities of nouns or to particularize what the noun refers to, hence the name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/common-comma-mistakes\/\"><b>the most common<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> determiners are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my, your, many, more, this, these, a, an, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s an example to illustrate the explanation given.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Can you hand me that file, please?<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;That&rdquo; modifies the noun &ldquo;file&rdquo; which informs the reader or hearer which exact item is being referred to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The modifying power of the adjective &ldquo;that&rdquo; may also be done <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-with\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> any animate nouns <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/such-as-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>such as<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a person or an animal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">That guy was her ex-fianc&eacute;.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-apparently\/\"><b>Apparently<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it can also refer to inanimate entities such as time, place, or abstract concepts that are previously stated or known.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The managing director has approved that design concept you proposed last week.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To additionally note and to end this subsection, adjectives modifying nouns <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/unnecessary-commas\/\"><b>do not necessitate<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> any adjacent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coma-vs-comma\/\"><b>comma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> placement as well, which is similar to the previous categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>That, the adverb<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last mask the word &ldquo;that&rdquo; could wear is the one that contains the adverbial sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;That&rdquo; can be used as an adverb of degree which elicits an indefinitely huge extent or intensity of a modified word that is contextually-dependent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adverbs of degree or intensifiers aid the enrichment or emphasis of the word being modified which may include verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">The joke isn&rsquo;t that hilarious.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;That&rdquo; in the example sentence <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-above-so-below-meaning\/\"><b>above<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and other contexts as well, is closest to either &ldquo;very&rdquo; or &ldquo;really.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The usage of degree adverbs implies increased linguistic competence as this part of speech is relatively more complex than nouns and verbs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also further implies that the language user has already achieved the capability to evaluate, qualify, and express abstract information which is highly<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subjective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>In which particular sentence patterns can we use &ldquo;that that&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-since\/\"><b>Since<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all the basics have been covered, understanding this section should be effortless, even more like shooting fish in a barrel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As quickly explained earlier, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-first\/\"><b>first<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;that&rdquo; functions as conjunction while the second functions either as a pronoun, a determiner, or an adverb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-often-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>often<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than not, the second &ldquo;that&rdquo; likely falls under the pronoun <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-and\/\"><b>and<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> determiner categories, as opposed to an adverb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on to find out these nuances in detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>&ldquo;That that&rdquo; in a conjunction-pronoun structure<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can utilize this particular sentence format by starting with an independent clause that is grammatically complete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-yet\/\"><b>yet<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pragmatically obscure.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">I have already told you.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-now\/\"><b>Now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, let&rsquo;s look at another clause without the presence <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-of-which-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>of<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> any conjunctive device.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">That is not mine!<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we want to combine the two ideas in one sentence, we can unite them using the conjunction &ldquo;that,&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-thereby\/\"><b>thereby<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forming the next sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">I have already told you that that is not mine!<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second &ldquo;that&rdquo; is a pronominal replacement of an entity that is indiscernible without further background context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To understand the sentence further, we need to add further information after the second &ldquo;that&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-meanwhile\/\"><b>meanwhile<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> transforming its function into a determiner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9883\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_.jpg\" alt='Is \"that that\" grammatically correct_' width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-512x768.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9883 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt='Is \"that that\" grammatically correct_' width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Is-_that-that_-grammatically-correct_-512x768.jpg 512w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>&ldquo;That that&rdquo; in a conjunction-determiner structure<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking the same example above, we can further specify the object being referred to by adding a noun after the second &ldquo;that.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">I have already told you that that phone is not mine!<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the additional noun, we can conveniently deduce that the speaker is referring to a phone located somewhere at a distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, the reference point is relative to the speaker&rsquo;s point of view, so it is not logically possible to know the exact distance of the object.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the phone could be physically in the speaker&rsquo;s location, or it might be physically proximal to the second interlocutor&rsquo;s space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, the speaker could be talking to an actual person in the same area to someone over the phone or the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ergo, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/\"><b>although<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this type of sentence construction is well-formed, background context is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-nonetheless\/\"><b>nonetheless<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> viable in comprehending this type of sentence appropriately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>&ldquo;That that&rdquo; in a conjunction-adverb structure<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third possible way wherein the &ldquo;double that&rdquo; is applicable is the conjunction-adverb format.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned beforehand,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this specific structure is not frequently observable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-usage-in-particular\/\"><b>In particular<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the second clause is a result of an inverted sentence structure that is deliberately done to create a more emphatic effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentential inversion draws more focus on the predicate that comes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/before-vs-by-dates\/\"><b>before<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/this-is-a-test\/\"><b>This is<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> done when the writer is more interested in concentrating the message on the predicative part as opposed to the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-though\/\"><b>though<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that this special sentence construction is more formalistic and literary <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-per-se\/\"><b>per se<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caution, therefore, is advised when choosing this structure in writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s one last example to demonstrate what has been elaborated at length.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">I have already told you that that much was all I could ever do.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, the sentence may sound awkward, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-albeit\/\"><b>albeit<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adage-like, hence must only be used sparingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter how awkward the expression may sound, the beauty of the English language is represented by the arbitrariness of the &ldquo;double that&rdquo; usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This linguistic phenomenon also elucidates the salience of sentence construction altogether with context and meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, the integrated function of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/syntax\/\" title=\"syntax\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">syntax<\/a>, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics is nevertheless essential in elaborating language use.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why and how on earth can a word be flanked with its identical twin in a sentence? If you&rsquo;ve questioned whether or not this type of phrasal construction is grammatically-correct, then you must be a grammar stickler! Kidding aside, if you&rsquo;ve landed on this post searching for some answers, then that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"Article","disable-critical-css":false,"_convertkit_action_broadcast_export":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1116],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-9876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-grammar","tag-that-that"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9876"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25097,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9876\/revisions\/25097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}