Someone must have told my client to eliminate "that" from her manuscript because she has diligently removed all instances.

It's true that "that" is often overused, but it does have a place in our language.

#Writers: Any rule that says to "never" use a certain word or part of speech will lead you down the wrong path.

@KPED I will say, every single time that I use "that that" in a sentence, I want to write a bug report against english
@blackcoat For some reason, "gotten" hits me in the same way — doesn't feel right.