Quotative [to be] + "that"

[Tom Kysilko]

With quotative "like", the sentence would feel better to me as "... they're all
like ..." rather than "... they all are like ..."

Maybe it's just me,
--Tom Kysilko

Quoting Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM>:

> Try replacing that "that" with "like" and see how the sentence feels.
> Just a suggestion.
>
> -Wilson Gray
>
> >The following was posted to another listserve by a recent college
> >grad, female,
> >with a name that suggests that she may have origins in South Africa.  This
> may
> >be a case of an omitted word between "are" and "that" - such as "agreed" -
> but
> >maybe not.
> >
> >>>>>  [O]f the doctors who have access to Schiavo [sic] and her full medical
> >history and are not affiliated with either side (ie court appointed), they
> all
> >are that she is in a persistent vegetative state, severely brain damaged
> (her
> >cerebral cortex is filled with spinal fluid), and has no hope of
> >recovery. <<<<
> >
> >--Tom Kysilko
>
>