[Q]: Would the following sentence, by the strictest standards, be considered correct? It happens to be true of every student in Mary's class that he is working on polarity items.
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[A]: acceptable

[Q]: Would the following sentence, by the strictest standards, be considered correct? The fatter that that he gets bothers him, the more he eats.
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[A]: unacceptable

[Q]: Would the following sentence, by the strictest standards, be considered correct? John gave a book to the students.
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[A]:
acceptable