Two questions about the second "that" in this definition
I was searching for the definition of "apart from", so I found it and the definition was "You use apart from to indicate that you are aware of one aspect of a situation, but that you are going to focus on another aspect". I can understand what it means, but what caught my eye was the second "that" in the definition. So my questions are, can we leave out the second "that"? Like this, "You use apart from to indicate that you are aware of one aspect of a situation, but you are going to focus on another aspect". And, what's the reason to use the second "that" here?
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The second that is parallel to 'indicate that' but omits the word 'indicate'. It’s understandable either way, but probably more accurate to include it.
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Hello Sam,
You can leave out the second 'that', which is just noting that there is a relative clause in the sentence. I just used 'that' in my sentence here. :-] If you leave it out, you will still be understood.
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