402. In the 1950’s astronomers were divided between those who believed that the universe began in a cosmic explosion (the “big bang”) with those who favored that the model of an eternal and infinite steady-state universe.
>I believe that it is ok to use 'that' after the first believe. But then you must create parallelism in the second part by adding 'that' after favored, which is awkward. So I think this is reason the first 'that' is dropped. >
>Answer: I think most of the time that is needed. Except when you have a comparision such as 'between' that involves two or more phrases. >  |