It was, I think, the happiest day of my life.

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Katherine99

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How is "I think" functioning in the above sentence.
 

Frank Antonson1

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I would call that "parenthetic". As such, it can be anything. For example, "It was (Achoo! [Excuse me]) the happiest day of my life." Punctuation system is ready for such. Commas can work that way too.
 
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