Noun clause

Jet'aime · Post by **Jet'aime** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:53 pm

I found this sentence in Oxford dictionary:

The trouble with you is you don't really want to work.

I was very suprised because I think that we need the word 'that' before a clause. That means, the sentence must be : The trouble with you is that you don't really want to work
Could any one pls show me the rules here?

MissLT · Post by **MissLT** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:19 pm

Both seem fine to me.

tqth · Post by **tqth** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:06 am

I'm not sure but I think the word "that" appears or not appears in this sentence is not the problem. You can say : "the trouble with you is (that) you don't really want to work.

Jet'aime · Post by **Jet'aime** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:56 pm

so, when can we eliminate the word 'that'? Is there any rule? Or can we always do so?