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25 Jan 2021
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"I'm afraid that you will fail in the exam if you don't study hard." Can I remove the "that"? So when cannot I remove "that"?
"I'm afraid that you will fail in the exam if you don't study hard." Can I remove the "that"? So when cannot I remove "that"?
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You could in this situation and natives will understand you. Although I'd keep it in this sentence anyway.
You can typically remove "that" from a sentence when it would come after a verb.

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