He said *that* his father was a businessman and *that* his mother was an engineer.

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a. He said *that* his father was a businessman and *that* his mother was an engineer.

b. He said his father was a businessman and his mother was an engineer.

c. He said his father was a businessman and *that* his mother was an engineer.

d. He said *that* his father was a businessman and his mother was an engineer.

Are all the sentences above correct? What I want to ask is that when the that-clause is not only the object of a verb but also appears after "and...", can I omit "that"?

Thanks!

 

[Rover_KE]

They are all correct. The ones without any thats are more colloquial.

 

[bubbha]

Since "that" is optional in this type of construction, they are all correct, though I would agree that c. is the least idiomatic.

Including "that" can make the sentence sound clearer and more formal.