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Originally Posted by maramaras
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Hello, friends.
Could anybody correct my mistakes?:
1) I told her those Spanish words were badly written - I told her last week that those Spanish words were badly written. Both of these sentences are good. Remember that in English,proper names, including any country, such as Spain, and the language (Spanish) are always capitalized. (Spaniard is the word for a person from Spain and is also capitalized).
2) My History teacher was saying Greek gods (Greek is capitalized but gods is not capitilized since it is not a proper name) were powerful... - My History teacher was saying that the Greek gods we were studying in particular in those days, were as powerful as the ones in other mythologies. GOOD
3) My History teacher was saying Greek gods were powerful and that all Greek mythology was full of strong legends. GOOD
I have been reading about That usage in sentences and I could only understand that (?) when we use a time adverb between the main verb and the clause, we must add that. We should have to use that when the verb of the clause is long delayed. Finally, we should use that when its usage explains or clarifies the referred item.
May anybody help me with this, and give your own opinions for me to learn it?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello maramaras
I believe you have a very good understanding of the usage of
that. I am not an English teacher so I can only offer my advice based on experience in speaking and writing English. The use of the word
that can be slightly confusing but as a general rule when in doubt I always insert it. It can do no harm. To use your example: " My History teacher was saying Greek gods were powerful " could just as well be written "My History teacher was saying that Greek gods were powerful."
Good work!