When I&#x27;ve edited others, I&#x27;ve always gone to great pains to get rid of the extra that.<p>You&#x27;d think that that...<p>is equal to<p>You&#x27;d think that...<p>And &#x27;you&#x27;d think that&#x27; won&#x27;t risk distracting any of your readers.<p>The problem comes when I&#x27;m actually writing. I tend to read my writing out loud to myself before I post it, and when I actually say things out loud, the double that sounds better.<p>I have two conclusions:<p>- My editing is all about hypocrisy.<p>- It&#x27;s hard to get out of the habit of writing how you speak.