Dialects: Rel. clause subj. in interr.?

[Paul Johnston]

Borderline for me.  "Was the fact that..." would be better.

Paul Johnston
On Jun 4, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Randy Alexander wrote:

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> Is this grammatical in your dialect?:
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> "Was that he was guilty obvious?"
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