I like Peter's, "Molly hates it that Fred isn't coming to the party", and it certainly is an improvement, but left to my own devices, I would have said, "Molly hates the fact that Fred isn't coming to the party".
Meanwhile, back to Nancy's original sentence:
Molly hates Fred isn't coming to the party.
Does anyone think this is an improvement:
Molly hates it that Fred isn't coming to the party.
Peter Adams
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