That is a very common word in both writing and speaking. We use it as a determiner, a demonstrative pronoun and a relative pronoun. We also use it as a conjunction to introduce that -clauses. We use that most commonly to point to a thing or person. We use it with singular nouns. More @Wikipedia
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