586. Instead of ‘I know what that is” one
might say “I can say what that is”. And if one adopted this form of expression
what would then become of “I know that that is…”?
you don’t need to say – that you can say –
if you’ve got something to say – say it
‘I can say what that is ’ – is like ‘I know that that is …’
unnecessary and irrelevant –
and pretentious
‘that is …’ –
will do the trick
© greg t. charlton. 2010.