Suffice to say/ suffice it to say

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Riaan

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Hallo!

Which is better:

Suffice to say

OR

Suffice it to say?

Thanks for the great service:up:
 

anishjp

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Hi,

I would go with the first one!.

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Anish


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Hallo!

Which is better:

Suffice to say

OR

Suffice it to say?

Thanks for the great service:up:
The first is probably more common.
 

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5jj:The BNC has 53 citations without 'it' and 88 with 'it'. I am an 'it' man.

Sorry Bob. I edited your post when I meant to reply to it. That's the second time I have done that today. I am going to have to start putting milk on my shredded wheat rather than gin.
 
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Maybe it's a BrE thing, but I'm an it man too and I don't have Shredded Wheat or gin for breakfast. :up:
 
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