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ILE Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Maybe you haven't noticed, you're quite busy these days.

Which of these two "You may not have noticed" or "Maybe you haven’t noticed" is the more natural way to express oneself, like in the following sentence:

Maybe you haven't noticed, you're quite busy these days.

Thanks.

Isabelle
  

Top answer

Both work but you need a that clause: Maybe you haven't noticed [that] you're quite busy these days . CB

— Cool Breeze

  • Both work but you need a that clause: Maybe you haven't noticed [that] you're quite busy these days .
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Both work but you need a that clause: Maybe you haven't noticed [that] you're quite busy these days.

CB
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Both work! OK. Thanks, CB.

But I do have one more confusion here.

About the insertion of "that", is it necessary when I actually want to say this instead of writing it out? What I mean is after saying "Maybe you haven't noticed," I pause for a while, then only continue to say "you're quite busy these days.".

Isabelle
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"What I mean is after saying "Maybe you haven't noticed," I pause for a while, then only continue to say "you're quite busy these days.".

Yes. Fine.

CB
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ILEAbout the insertion of "that", is it necessary when I actually want to say this instead of writing it out? What I mean is after saying "Maybe you haven't noticed," I pause for a while, then only continue to say "you're quite busy these days.
Hi,

These seem reasonable to me:

Maybe you haven't noticed that you're quite busy these
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@CB, thanks!

@Regards, thanks for the comment and the suggestions. I really appreciate that.

Isabelle
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RegardsI wouldn't place a comma after noticed because it would become a comma splice.
Nor would I, in writing. The original poster just used it to indicate what he/she would say in informal conversation, if I understood him/her correctly.

CB
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Cool Breeze
RegardsI wouldn't place a comma after noticed because it would become a comma splice.
Nor would I, in writing. The original poster just used it to indicate what he/she would say in informal conversation, if I understood him/her correctly.

CB
Yes, CB. You get the drift of my post correctly.

Isabe
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