Meeting: You Don't Need "That!"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That!"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That!"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Robbery: You Usually Don't Need "That"

Every writing instructor has some sort of pet peeve. And that peeve isn't regarding something that is absolutely wrong, but something that is unneeded and intensely disliked by the individual.

This is the story of one such peeve.

In writing, "that" is one of the most wasteful words you can use. Quite often, you could remove it entirely and lose nothing in a sentence.

Like here:

He said that the man entered the store around 11 p.m.

Let's take "that" out and see what we have left:

He said the man entered the store around 11 p.m.

Any difference? Well, it's a word shorter. And that's it.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That!"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That!"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Robbery: You Usually Don't Need "That"

Every writing instructor has some sort of pet peeve. And that peeve isn't regarding something that is absolutely wrong, but something that is unneeded and intensely disliked by the individual.

This is the story of one such peeve.

In writing, "that" is one of the most wasteful words you can use. Quite often, you could remove it entirely and lose nothing in a sentence.

Like here:

He said that the man entered the store around 11 p.m.

Let's take "that" out and see what we have left:

He said the man entered the store around 11 p.m.

Any difference? Well, it's a word shorter. And that's it.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That!"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.

Robbery: You Usually Don't Need "That"

Every writing instructor has some sort of pet peeve. And that peeve isn't regarding something that is absolutely wrong, but something that is unneeded and intensely disliked by the individual.

This is the story of one such peeve.

In writing, "that" is one of the most wasteful words you can use. Quite often, you could remove it entirely and lose nothing in a sentence.

Like here:

He said that the man entered the store around 11 p.m.

Let's take "that" out and see what we have left:

He said the man entered the store around 11 p.m.

Any difference? Well, it's a word shorter. And that's it.

Meeting: You Don't Need "That"

That is one of the most unneeded words ever. How so? Let's look at this sentence:

The board said that in its decision that parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training that they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, let's get rid of the three references to that. This is what's left:

The board said in its decision parents should talk to their children about the issue and provide their home with the religious training they feel to be most appropriate.

Now, what's different? Besides the loss of an unnecessary word?

Most of the time, you don't need that.