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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a boy that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific boy and providing additional information about him.
Example: "There was a boy that always helped his classmates with their homework."
Alternatives: "a boy who" or "a boy which".
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"He's a boy that is a talent.
I knew I was a boy that had to leave to go somewhere".
She's going to be a boy that broke his leg," she wrote.
Partly because when I was a boy, that was expected almost.
The names never stuck, but my deep sense of knowing that I was a boy – that never went away.
"Here was a boy that was so smart and so cute but so humble," Ms. Gora said.
The video then shows what the BBC said was an attack on a young Muslim — possibly a boy — that may have resulted in his death.
He recalled reading an article in National Geographic as a boy that predicted cars would be driving themselves by the year 2000.
Caroline marries young, to a boy that burrowed into her life during her tumultuous childhood, and becomes a mother, happily rebelling against her own mother's advice.
Asked what qualities Balde had, Langley replied: "He's a big strong lad, athletic, great touch and he's a boy that can only get better".
Hi, I am a boy that is really troubled.
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