Use of "that": Must or optional?

Tom · Mon Sep 25, 2006 22:55 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.

Tom

dOlier · Mon Sep 25, 2006 23:34 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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