Are both meaningd “threatened to” & “threatened that” invalid?

How best to use threat in sentences? I’m sorry the sentence “that” follows the preposition “to” but I can’t think of better ways of using it. I’m sledding my keyboard. How do you use a verb/verb properly?

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common sense tactics used by police to shoot suspected shooters?

The police threated the armed suspect to shoot him, but the police confirms that the suspect got hurt in the back while his body was heaving a bullet through him.

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Asked on March 24, 2021 in Grammar.
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Is it a good idea to have as few words as possible in English as to convey the meaning without really saying anything besides words? The best sentence of all time is “The police threatened to shoot the armed suspect. Why my first sentence is the best in answer above?

Answered on March 24, 2021.
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Both constructions are valid, but the construction using to is preferable. And there is some awkwardness in your use of each.

When I use that I would leave out the pronoun, which is redundant, and

simply say : The police threatened that they would shoot the armed suspect.

Still, the to construction works better here also (still leaving out the redundant pronoun): The

police threatened to shoot the armed suspect…

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Answered on March 25, 2021.
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Is it a good idea to have as few words as possible in English as to convey the meaning without really saying anything besides words? The best sentence of all time is “The police threatened to shoot the armed suspect. Why my first sentence is the best in answer above?

Answered on March 25, 2021.
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