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I was again reading Shin Kanzen Master N1 Dokkai when I encountered a passage
with a sentence which intrigued me. The second sentence read

> 最初と言われています。

While I do understand that dropping of だ happens in speech, especially in
female speech, I was surprised when だ was dropped in the passage. How often
does this happen?

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Dropping だ in sentences
I agree that there should be だ before と言われています. This is an example of
[だ抜き](https://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/summary/kotoba/term/140.html), and
generally it should be avoided in formal texts like this. But this happens
often today, and I won't call this a big mistake. Many people won't even
notice this.
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