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Can l omit ”while” here? Is it used as a CONJUNCTION? I think the word ”that” is also a conjunction. Is it ok to use two connections in a row?

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Rebecca

No, it would not be correct to omit "while" here. "While" is used as a conjunction here to mean "although" or "aside from". The word "that" is also used as a conjunction here. While it is not common to use two conjunctions in one sentence, it is grammatically correct in this case, because "that while" are used together as though they were a singular word. So in this sentence, it is totally fine to use "that" and "while" together in the sentence.

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