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"There's a thing that I don't know what is" - Is this correct grammar? (lemmy.world)
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How do you say something like that?

"There's a thing for which I don't know what it is" "There's a thing where I don't know what it is" "There's a thing that I don't know what is"

or (the one which I hear people say a lot but sounds awkward:) "There's a thing that/which I don't know what it is"?

To be honest they all sound awkward to me to varying degrees

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[โ€“] 19 points 2 years ago

Simpler: I don't know what this/that thing is.

Basically trying to say: there's this thing that I can't remember the word for/don't know exactly, but I know it exists and need it for context.

It is awkward, but many dialects compress, forgo, and bastardize sentence structure depending on where you're at.

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