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The state of not knowing and/or ignoring each other. single-word-requests. meaning. phrase-requests. nouns. Peter Shor. 89.6k. answered 14 hours ago. 9 votes.
Of course it is acceptable grammar. The rules of English grammar are the very reason why such "strange things" happen in the first place. Now, whether or not you actually end up using a double "that" or rewording it, is a different question. But it is a question of style. Read: personal preference.
They used to talk with their friends on the back porch or on the beach. This usage of "talk to" seems to indicate brief conversation about something specific whereas "talk with" hints at somewhat longer and more general conversation that is a way of 'spending time together'. However the two forms can often be used interchangeably as in.
Now, it might be acceptable to use a plural in some edge cases. In A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (1985 Quirk et al.), page 756: Similarly, interrogative who and what as subjects normally take a singular verb even when the speaker has reason to believe that more than one person or entity is involved.
Often preceded by an adj. designating the language referred to, as in Latin, English, French grammar. with a note including the following observations: As above defined, grammar is a body of statements of fact—a ‘science’; but a large portion of it may be viewed as consisting of rules for practice, and so as forming an ‘art’.
5. In writing fiction, 'this' and 'that' can be used very effectively to connote different things. They are functionally equivalent, but the closeness of 'this' and the distance of 'that' can be used as tools. 'This' can be used to connote how close a thought is to a character, while 'that' can be used to connote how far away, or unimportant a ...
6. The words "to not learn" in this context constitute something called a "split infinitive" - that is, the words of the infinitive "to learn" have been separated (sorry, @Barrie, I disagree with you on this). Traditionally, people were taught to avoid split infinitives; but sometimes, it's more natural to split an infinitive than not to.
If you are an English professor at Harvard, I doubt you would eschew the apostrophe s when referring to a men's room in writing. – Lambie Commented Feb 6, 2021 at 20:09
I sent an email to confirm my meeting with a person which specified time, date, place, and building on the email like below: I would like to meet you at 5pm this Sunday in KFC on the first floor...
14. There's no special magic with " had had ", they don't really go together as a pair anymore than " had wanted " go together. So don't worry so much about how to use " had had " as a unit of grammar, they will come together naturally when you want to express the verb ' to have ' in the past perfect. Let's consider a different verb for a ...