Is 'that' required here?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Is ‘that’ required in the following sentence?

Your responsibilities and expenditure expand in a way (that) you may not have expected.

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No, you can omit it.

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Will it be grammatically wrong if someone uses it and make the sentence?

Your responsibilities and expenditure expand in a way that you may not have expected.

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In the context you reference the sentence is more likely to contain the ‘that’ that it is to omit it.

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Sorry sir, did not get you.

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Your sentence is fine with ‘that’ in it.

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There is nothing wrong with the use of that in your sentence although you are free to omit it.

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