There are many reasons that she was my favorite teacher of all times.

Status
Not open for further replies.

嘟嘟嘟嘟

Junior Member
Joined
Oct 21, 2014
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
China
Current Location
China
There are many reasons that she was my favorite teacher of all times, but there is not enough space to share all of these.

Is "that" right to be used in the sentence? Thanks for help!
 

White Hat

Banned
Joined
Aug 14, 2011
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
Russian
Home Country
Russian Federation
Current Location
Russian Federation
Personally, I'd use "why".
 

konungursvia

VIP Member
Joined
Mar 20, 2009
Member Type
Academic
Native Language
English
Home Country
Canada
Current Location
Canada
... of all time.
 

tedmc

VIP Member
Joined
Apr 16, 2014
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
Malaysia
Current Location
Malaysia
The 'why' in 'reasons why' is actually redundant.
Likewise 'that' could also be done away with.

Not a teacher
 

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
To clarify, tedmc is suggesting "There are many reasons she was my favourite teacher of all time". Despite the fact that I agree that both "why" and "that" could be redundant, I find that suggested sentence unnatural.
 

Matthew Wai

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 29, 2013
Member Type
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
China
Current Location
China
Is it natural to say 'For many reasons, she was my favorite teacher of all time'?

Not a teacher.
 

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top