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E.g.:

"... with all the sustainability considerations that that entails."

If I'm correct, the above example is relative pronoun followed by pronoun - it just happens to be the same word for both grammatically legitimate, albeit adjacent words.

Or, even an example with three that's in a row:

"It wasn't that that that was referring to."

The above sentence may even sound natural in common speech if delivered fluently and in a context in which it was fully understood.

So if one accepts grammatical correctness and one is being clear in it being known what the examples of that are adjuncts for, are repeated that's acceptable after all?

  • For your mind-numbing pleasure, I offer that ultimate that that of thats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_that_is_is_that_that_is_not_is_not_is_that_it_it_is – Howard Pautz Sep 10 '14 at 22:24
  • Exact duplicate of http://english.stackexchange.com/q/1095 and of http://english.stackexchange.com/q/3418, both incredibly ancient questions. Please use the search function to avoid asking duplicates. – tchrist Sep 10 '14 at 22:25
  • Thanks for pointing out the duplicates; but in my defence, if you start a new question with the exact title of mine (https://i.imgur.com/qG1e7YL.png), the ones above simply don't show up in the provided "Questions that may already have your answer" list; and yet it is a duplicate as you have both usefully pointed out. Is there a technique I can employ to better find questions that have already asked what I am asking despite wording it in an entirely different way? –  Sep 10 '14 at 22:38
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    Try this search to start :). – SrJoven Sep 10 '14 at 23:28
  • @HowardPautz - Re: That "that" that that guy was discussing in that wiki article. Boy was that "that" weird! – Hot Licks Jan 30 '16 at 19:28

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