1:(I just hope)2:(that)3:(this black friday)4:(that)5:(5a:[everyone remembers] 5b:[to]5c:[trample responsibly])
1: Verb phrase
2: Conjunctive “that” introducing clarifying subclause as indirect object (3) (with implicit preposition “on”)
3: Indirect object subclause
4: Conjunctive “that” introducing direct object subclause (5)
5: Direct object subclause
5a: Verb phrase of subclause
5b: Preposition for indirect object
5c: Indirect object
It’s fine. Your second option just makes the “that’s” implicit (and your first option has a different meaning, implying that nobody has bothered to remember this in previous years rather than that this is something that should be remembered every year)
Took me a while, but if you want the apostrophe, I think it should be “that”‘s, like @’s. Also, wouldn’t it have been easier to just write “This Black Friday, I hope that everyone remembers to trample responsibly”? That would have made intuitively clear that “This Black Friday” is that thing you said, and you could even do entirely without “that”‘s, or thats, if that’s what you want. I mean, if “that”‘s are what you want. No, wait. If “thats” is not what you want? Oh man…
In a lot of sentences “that” can actually be omitted. The sentence would be fine and maybe less confusing, “I just hope this Black Friday everyone remembers to trample responsibly.”
Y’know, this is exactly why I fell asleep in 6th grade English. I’m referring to the comments, of course, the comic is excellent as always, Adam.
But conjugate this, subjegate that, don’t trip over that dangling participle… UGH! MY HEAD HURTS!
Shouldn’t panel 1 read “[..]this is the Black Friday that everyone remembers[…]” or “[…]this Black Friday everyone remembers[…]” ?
Anyway, as for panel 4, I’m almost certain her stance would change if she wanted a waffle iron AND it was the last one…
1:(I just hope)2:(that)3:(this black friday)4:(that)5:(5a:[everyone remembers] 5b:[to]5c:[trample responsibly])
1: Verb phrase
2: Conjunctive “that” introducing clarifying subclause as indirect object (3) (with implicit preposition “on”)
3: Indirect object subclause
4: Conjunctive “that” introducing direct object subclause (5)
5: Direct object subclause
5a: Verb phrase of subclause
5b: Preposition for indirect object
5c: Indirect object
It’s fine. Your second option just makes the “that’s” implicit (and your first option has a different meaning, implying that nobody has bothered to remember this in previous years rather than that this is something that should be remembered every year)
And of course in my grammar post I have an apostrophe used as a plural 😛
Took me a while, but if you want the apostrophe, I think it should be “that”‘s, like @’s. Also, wouldn’t it have been easier to just write “This Black Friday, I hope that everyone remembers to trample responsibly”? That would have made intuitively clear that “This Black Friday” is that thing you said, and you could even do entirely without “that”‘s, or thats, if that’s what you want. I mean, if “that”‘s are what you want. No, wait. If “thats” is not what you want? Oh man…
And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…
And now for something completely different – A bug with an iPhone up his nose.
In a lot of sentences “that” can actually be omitted. The sentence would be fine and maybe less confusing, “I just hope this Black Friday everyone remembers to trample responsibly.”
Y’know, this is exactly why I fell asleep in 6th grade English. I’m referring to the comments, of course, the comic is excellent as always, Adam.
But conjugate this, subjegate that, don’t trip over that dangling participle… UGH! MY HEAD HURTS!
Wearing heels would inhibit your running ability anyway. Most people in heels run like overgrown five-year-olds.