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182 Douglas Biber and Susan Conrad<br />

Table 9.3 Departure from the register norms for retention versus omission <strong>of</strong> the<br />

complementizer that, depending on textual factors<br />

< ><br />

Greater proportion Greater proportion<br />

<strong>of</strong> that retained<br />

<strong>of</strong> that omitted<br />

than the register norm than the register norm<br />

Conversation:<br />

A Factors favoring omission:<br />

Main verb:<br />

think or say as matrix verb >><br />

Other matrix verb

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