Senator Mike Pencil announced today that the Florida State Senate passed legislation...
*Edit: It's a specific example that I don't see an answer for in another post.
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I'd say it's inadvisable to the point of idiomatically unacceptable rather than strictly ungrammatical here. 'The Florida State Senate passed legislation, Senator Mike Pencil announced today.' is certainly correct and would be unacceptable with a 'That'. – Edwin Ashworth May 07 '18 at 19:38
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You may want to ask how you can simplify your writing -- maybe how to sound less pretentious. Just a thought. – James Spademen May 09 '18 at 13:50
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ELU is aimed at linguists. – Edwin Ashworth May 09 '18 at 14:55