THAT'S the way I like it!

For those of you who are at level B2 and even for B1 students, you may have noticed THAT in English we use "THAT" a lot. It's not THAT we're lacking in words to use, it's just THAT "THAT" is so useful.

Grammatically, it can be correct to use "THAT THAT," but as you may notice, in spoken English it sounds particularly bad, and in written English there are so many other options THAT you can use.

For example, in the sentence: 

• Now that that problem has been dealt with, we can move onto the next one. 

Nine times outof ten you can just write or say a single THAT, and THAT'S THAT! But if you want your English to sound less redundant, you could try these ways of expressingthe same thing:

• Now that THIS problem has been dealt with...
• Now that THE problem has been dealt with...
• Since the problem has been dealt with...
• Given that THE problem has been dealt with...
• The problem has been dealt with, so...

For more information, check out this link to Oxford..

And now, for your listening pleasure, the namesake of the post! 
(and yes, your teacher is OLD! )