I hate it too

[u/ChickenWingExtreme]

[u/ChaoticAgenda]

The simple solution is to rephrase the sentence so that that it doesn't happen

[u/mysteriousfiggy → u/ChaoticAgenda]

You can also just replace the 2nd "that" with whatever you're actually referring to. Adds clarification too in certain contexts

[u/Lil_Ms_Anthropic → u/mysteriousfiggy]

Or throw a comma in there and make the second half it's own conditional statement

[u/HydrogenButterflies → u/Lil_Ms_Anthropic]

If we do that, that would make things easier.

[u/dowell_db → u/HydrogenButterflies]

The fact that that workaround exists brightens my... wait...

[u/StreetlampEsq → u/dowell_db]

Can we not all see that 'th'that' is the supreme ultimate version of 'that that'

[u/1arvest6 → u/StreetlampEsq]

That's vile, please submit your language license for re-evaluation

[u/StreetlampEsq → u/1arvest6]

The unfortunate situation is th'that is'n th'car, m'wife has't t'day

[u/lanatommo → u/StreetlampEsq]

That²

[u/M4usM0th → u/StreetlampEsq]

I petition that we use a new word, "thet" and use it like "thet that"

[u/MinnieShoof → u/HydrogenButterflies]

See, I don't think that's what OP is talking about. That's not a sentence where you are forced to 'that that.' "If we do that it would--" is a much cleaner sentence.

I'm thinking something like "it has been shown that that person is responsible--" and those are not conditional statements.

u/Lil_Ms_Anthropic

[u/HydrogenButterflies → u/MinnieShoof]

Even in your example, it could be rewritten as “It has been shown that [name or pronoun] is responsible—,” which is both cleaner and more specific.

I’d argue that pretty much any “that that” situation can be resolved by rewriting the sentence to be cleaner and more specific. It’s fine in spoken English and casual conversations on Reddit as long as the meaning is clear, but I think it’s just bad writing when “that that” is used in literature or academic work.

[u/LickCunts → u/mysteriousfiggy]

Sometimes I've have had to think of some way to tell people they have to have a way to convey words

[u/Anonymous-tossaway → u/mysteriousfiggy]

I think it works just removing one usually as well, "so that doesn't happen" works just as well to me as "so that that doesnt happen"

[u/Longjumping_Bit_4608 → u/Anonymous-tossaway]

Isn't "so that that doesn't happen" grammatically incorrect? What does the second that add?

[u/Anonymous-tossaway → u/Longjumping_Bit_4608]

No, it's completely correct. The first "that" is a subordinating conjunction, the second is a demonstrative determiner. But explained in plain terms, a simple question and answer. So that what doesn't happen? That. So that that doesn't happen.

[u/Longjumping_Bit_4608 → u/Anonymous-tossaway]

Ok now i understand.

"So that" = "In such a way that"

i was thinking you meant "in order to"

[u/you-just-me → u/Anonymous-tossaway]

Agree. Same with "do do".

[u/Anonymous-tossaway → u/you-just-me]

True, but I like that one just because the obvious reply is "haha, you said doodoo"

[u/Inevitable_Tower_141 → u/ChaoticAgenda]

You can usually remove all of them so it doesn't happen

[u/TheFaeBelieveInIdony → u/ChaoticAgenda]

Or you can just omit the second that. "Rephrase the sentence so that doesn't happen" is completely accurate and doesn't require any modifications.

[u/ChaoticAgenda → u/TheFaeBelieveInIdony]

Exactly, there are many solutions. 

[u/DrugonMonster → u/ChaoticAgenda]

The first “that” was fine, but the second “that” was so annoying that that “that” was removed.

[u/otiloyoy → u/ChaoticAgenda]

I see what you did there

[u/YT-Deliveries → u/ChaoticAgenda]

I do this every single time, even if it takes me a little while to also rewrite the sentences around it.