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That can serve as a syntactic pleonasm, which "occurs when the grammar of a language makes certain function words optional" (Wikipedia). Therefore, both of the following sentences are grammatically correct:

  • I know you are coming.

    I know you are coming.

     
  • I know that you are coming.

    I know that you are coming.

It's a matter of personal preference whether you leave that in or take it out; the sentences you gave will be grammatically correct either way.

That can serve as a syntactic pleonasm, which "occurs when the grammar of a language makes certain function words optional" (Wikipedia). Therefore, both of the following sentences are grammatically correct:

  • I know you are coming.
     
  • I know that you are coming.

It's a matter of personal preference whether you leave that in or take it out; the sentences you gave will be grammatically correct either way.

That can serve as a syntactic pleonasm, which "occurs when the grammar of a language makes certain function words optional" (Wikipedia). Therefore, both of the following sentences are grammatically correct:

  • I know you are coming.

  • I know that you are coming.

It's a matter of personal preference whether you leave that in or take it out; the sentences you gave will be grammatically correct either way.

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That can serve as a syntactic pleonasm, which "occurs when the grammar of a language makes certain function words optional" (Wikipedia). Therefore, both of the following sentences are grammatically correct:

  • I know you are coming.
  • I know that you are coming.

It's a matter of personal preference whether you leave that in or take it out; the sentences you gave will be grammatically correct either way.