How to correct this sentence？
The only clothes I had was those I had on.
If I change the "those"to "that",is it right?
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The only clothes I possessed with the ones I wore.
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The word those is correct. It is used for plural words, as in the case of clothes. The word that would be wrong because it is used with singular words. To correct this sentence you need to change the word was to the word were.
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Correction -
The only clothes I had were the clothes I had on.
The only clothes that I had were the clothes that I had on.
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