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How to spell that

That is spelled T-H-A-T.

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What it means: Used to point out a specific person or thing.

In a sentence: That apple is very juicy.

Same family: this, these, those, which. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “That” comes from Old English “þæt,” a word used over a thousand years ago. The old letter þ (thorn) made a “th” sound, which is why we now spell it with t and h.

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