omission of " that " - thatの省略
Reviewing one's knowledge in grammatical rules in English
英文法の復習
Omission of " that "
that の省略
It is possible to leave out " that " in the following four patterns
以下の4パターンのいずれかの場合、thatを省略することが可能
1) in inderect speech （間接話法的な文章）
e.g., I think that ... She told me that ... I wish that ... I believe that ...
このようなthatは省略可能
2) " that " after some adjective （形容詞の後のthat)
e.g., I'm happy that ... I'm glad that ... I'm sad that ...
これらのthatも省略可能
3) " that " in a double word conjunction （2語からなる接続詞のthat)
e.g., so that ... provided that ...
このようなthatも省略可能
4) relative pronoun that replaces an object （目的語の代用となる関係代名詞のthat)
e.g., This is the theater that I talked about last week
このようなthatも省略可能
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