(That)
Hi, there

Should I use “that” or not in these sentences? Are they correct with or without that?

a) “Who do you think (that) he is?”
b) Sue met the man who Mary is claiming (that) for all intent and purposes was the mayor of the city
c)Bill, who Sue said (that) yesterday might seem a little strange, was the teacher”

Thank you

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(That)
Hi, there

Should I use “that” or not in these sentences? Are they correct with or without that?

a) “Who do you think (that) he is?”
b) Sue met the man who Mary is claiming (that) for all intent and purposes was the mayor of the city
c)Bill, who Sue said (that) yesterday might seem a little strange, was the teacher”

Thank you

Answer

A) Definitely no 'that' in the sentence. 
b)Rephrase the entire sentence: Sue met the man that Mary was claiming, for all intents and purposes, was the mayor of the city.
c) Rephrase: Bill, who, according to Sue,  might have seemed strange, was the teacher

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But should I use “that” or not in these sentences?

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you can use both
(1) Who do you think he is?
(2) Who do you think is that? (Not: Who do you think that he is)

I think a little revision will be better:
Sue met the man, who is mayor of the city, that Mary had been insisting for all intent and purposes.

Bill, who said that yesterday might seem a little strange according to Sue, was the teacher.
Even Better: According to Sue, Bill was the teacher who said that yesterday seems a little strange.

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please

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