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Latest post Fri, Sep 5 2008 12:59 PM by Mister Micawber. 1 replies.
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r_dinesh  +  562723 Fri, 05 Sep 08 06:56 AM
Hi,

In the following example,both the sentences are seem to be correct.But can you tell me the importance of 'that' if any or can we ignore it.

He said he was cooking dinner.
He said that he was cooking dinner.

dinesh
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Mister Micawber  +  562816 Fri, 05 Sep 08 12:59 PM
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Hello Dinesh, and welcome to English forums.

Here and in many cases that is optional.
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