Question

What is unnecessary in the following sentence?

“There is a time for jokes, and this was not the time” (James, 53).

Answer 1

the comma

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Double quotes, comma, open and close brackets, and James,53 are unnecessary in the sentence.

Explanation:

• Generally in a sentence, only the meaning and the words should be defined. In this sentence, they are telling us that there is a separate time for jokes and at this time we should not say jokes. They are also saying that this is not the time for the jokes.
• This is the meaning. In this sentence, there is no need for double quotes, comma , brackets, James and 53. So these are unnecessary in this sentence.