Commas to set off a nonessential clause

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Commas to set off a nonessential clause

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In the sentence "What is new in this book, and I think it can’t be emphasized enough, is that in between the moment of stimulus and response is a space of time to make a choice." the phrase "and I think it can't be emphasized enough" can be taken out of the sentence and the other parts of the sentence make a complete sentence. The second comma is necessary to have the sentence make sense, right? That's what I was taught and the Purdue OWL agrees.
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