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Use of "that": Must or optional?



 
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Use of "that": Must or optional? #1 (permalink) Mon Sep 25, 2006 21:55 pm   Use of "that": Must or optional?		  
Hi

I would like to know if the use of THATs in the given sentence is a must or optional.

1- It was not until then that I realised that I had been rooked.

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That #2 (permalink) Mon Sep 25, 2006 22:34 pm   That		  
The first "that" is essential, the second one is optional.

"It was not until then that I realised I had been rooked" has the same meaning.
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