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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this comma incorrect?

In the sentence "I take it, you haven't read the book", is the comma needed or not? I think it isn't but others are saying I'm wrong without really explaining why...
  

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I take it that you haven't read the book. No comma. "That" is sometimes omitted.

  • I take it that you haven't read the book.
  • No comma.
  • "That" is sometimes omitted.
  • We speak the entire sentence without a pause.
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I take it that you haven't read the book.

No comma. "That" is sometimes omitted. We speak the entire sentence without a pause.

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