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Old 06-16-2009, 03:06 PM   #156
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Re: i wonder if she's even really rich

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Originally Posted by LessinSF View Post
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."
That use of that is not introducing a restrictive clause, but instead is simply unnecessary.
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