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So here is the sentence:

```

    このスプーンすてきですね
    
```

Why didn't we say:

```

    このスプーンはすてきですね
    
```

Isn't スプーン the topic of the sentence? Why did we remove it? Why did we leave
it in a sentence like:

```

    とうきょうはきれいです
    
```
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Why was は removed from this sentence?
Particles, especially は and を, are often omitted in colloquial Japanese.
Formal Japanese would require the は to mark the topic, as you suggested.
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