Expression: I think you would like to see the magazine!

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me if the comma is required or not?

1- I think you would like to know the proverb! Here is one , for example!

2- I think you would like to know the proverb! Here is one for example!

Tom

[Alan]

Hi Tom,

I would use the comma to indicate a small pause and I wouldn't use the exclamation marks at all.

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[Yankee]

Hi Tom

To be honest, I feel a bit uncomfortable with both versions -- not because of the comma, but because you first wrote "the proverb" (which indicates that you are already referring to only one particular proverb) and then you followed that with the idea that you are going to give an example of proverbs (indefinite). To me your sentences aren't logical together (at least not in the order they're in).

Or am I missing something here?

Amy

[Pamela]

Hi Amy,

I had the same feeling (with 'the') while reading this thread.

[Alan]

Right. Let's reshape it -

I think you would like to know some proverbs . Here is one , for example.

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[Conchita]

Tom, where is the sentence mentioned in the subject line?