Don't we use 'that' as a combination with 'same' e.g.
This is the same boy that I saw yesterday.
Please guide.
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Hello, Shoaib.
(1) Mr. Wilson Follett in his
Modern American Usage says both
as and
that are correct. I believe that most other books nowadays agree.
(2) Mr. Follett says we usually use
that when we want to define.
His example: I bought the same brand
that I bought the last time.
It tells you which brand I bought.
(3) Mr. Follett says we usually use
as when we want to show a
comparison.
His example: After that experience he was never the same
as he
was before.
It tells what he was like before the experience and after it.
(4) So I think you are right:
This is the same boy that I saw yesterday. (
that I saw yesterday
defines. That is, it tells us which boy.)
I think many native speakers would even drop
that in conversation.
Thank you