Is it necessary to insert a comma after 'think'?

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In this Gosho passage, Nichiren Daishonin mentioned “the netherworld”. If one hears the term “netherworld” one might think, “What will happen in the netherworld?”

Is it necessary to insert a comma after think?

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Thanks, contrex.

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In British practice the comma is not necessary.

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

In British practice the comma is not necessary.

Thank you.

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@tanguatlay,

tanguatlay wrote:

Thanks, contrex.

Strange your reply disappeared.

I posted my earlier reply without first checking sources. I am now confident of my reply.

"Comma, uses of" from " Grammar and Style in British English: A Comprehensive Guide for Students, Writers and Academics"

https://www.gsbe.co.uk/grammar-commas-and-full-stops.html

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Direch speech

Opinion is divided on this use of the comma. It is traditional to use one when announcing a quotation –

Socrates said, ‘No one does wrong willingly’

but the modern tendency is to do without it –

Socrates said ‘No one does wrong willingly’.

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