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					Originally Posted by LessinSF  I often prefer to omit the "that" as is suggested in one of the MLA sentences above:
 "Some people say (that) success is one percent of talent and ninety-nine percent of hard work."
 
 but I have a partner who always inserts the "that."
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 That use of that is not introducing a restrictive clause, but instead is simply unnecessary.