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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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"that"-sentence without "that"

Is the following sentence correct?
How did NYC become the metropolis, it is today?
  

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How did NYC become the metropolis, it is today? No, but if you remove the comma, it will be correct. CJ

— CalifJim

  • How did NYC become the metropolis, it is today?
  • No, but if you remove the comma, it will be correct.
  • CJ
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Anonymous Is the following sentence correct?How did NYC become the metropolis, it is today?
No, but if you remove the comma, it will be correct.

CJ
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In English, the word "that" in this context is called a complementizer and it is always optional.
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