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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
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Comma

Hello,

1. Researcher recently announced the earth could actually withstand up to 200000 times the current population.

I have a problem with the part of the sentence in bold.

Is comma or 'that' required?

1A. Researcher recently announced, the earth could actually withstand up to 200000 times the current population.

1B. Researcher recently announced that the earth could actually withstand up to 200000 times the current population.

Please explain the construction of the sentence (1).

Thanks.
  

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The original is poorly edited. It should read: Researchers recently announced the earth could actually support up to 200,000 times the current population. hanuman_2000 Is comma or 'that' required?

— Mister Micawber

  • The original is poorly edited.
  • It should read: Researchers recently announced the earth could actually support up to 200,000 times the current population.
  • hanuman_2000 Is comma or 'that' required?
  • 'That' is optional.
  • A comma would be wrong.
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The original is poorly edited. It should read:

Researchers recently announced the earth could actually support up to 200,000 times the current population.
hanuman_2000Is comma or 'that' required?
'That' is optional. A comma would be wrong.
hanuman_2000Please explain the construction of the sentence (1).
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