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johnn

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Please, help me with this sentence as I can't understand the use of ' in that ;.
The Canadian football differs from the American football in that the field of the former is longer.
 

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Please, help me with this sentence as I can't understand the use of ' in that ;.
The Canadian football differs from the American football in that the field of the former is longer.

in that - in the aspect that/in the consideration that/in the sense that

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Please, help me with this sentence as I can't understand the use of ' in that ;.
[STRIKE]The[/STRIKE] Canadian football differs from [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] American football in that the field of the former is longer.

No articles are necessary.
 

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Thanks a lot
 

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Your thanks are appreciated, johnn, but you don't need to send them in a separate post.

We are all happy to accept a simple click on the Like button as your acknowledgement of our help.


Rover:-D
 
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