| Former-Teacher | Date: Wednesday, 08.12.2010, 09:38 | Message # 1 |
 Dean
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| When we write compound sentences with the object clause, we mustn't use a comma. Study these examples:
I think that I am happy.
I believe that we will never be friends.
Tell me what you want!
I guess it will be useful.
I guess he'll be here soon.
Similar syntactical patterns in the Russian language require the use of the comma, for example:
Я думаю, что я счастлив!
So, this is a case of language interference! This is almost an inborn language feature, that's why it's difficult to get rid of it.
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