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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Hello,
A website about commas involving non-restrictive vs. restrictive modifiers said this:
"A non-restrictive modifier adds information that is not essential to our
understanding of the sentence; if we remove it from the sentence, the
basic meaning of the sentence does not change.
A restrictive modifier identifies, or limits the reference of, the noun it
modifies.
Ex: Non-restrictive: In spring, when the water is high, the lake surges over the rocks.
Restrictive: At times when the water is high the lake surges over the rocks."
Question:
Shouldn't the 2nd example have a comma after 'high'? Also, what if the sentence read, 'When the water is high the lake surges over the rocks." shouldn't there be a commas after 'high' (I thought sentences with introductory bits starting with 'when' ended with a comma.)
If a comma is or is not needed, please explain why.
Thank you.
A website about commas involving non-restrictive vs. restrictive modifiers said this:
"A non-restrictive modifier adds information that is not essential to our
understanding of the sentence; if we remove it from the sentence, the
basic meaning of the sentence does not change.
A restrictive modifier identifies, or limits the reference of, the noun it
modifies.
Ex: Non-restrictive: In spring, when the water is high, the lake surges over the rocks.
Restrictive: At times when the water is high the lake surges over the rocks."
Question:
Shouldn't the 2nd example have a comma after 'high'? Also, what if the sentence read, 'When the water is high the lake surges over the rocks." shouldn't there be a commas after 'high' (I thought sentences with introductory bits starting with 'when' ended with a comma.)
If a comma is or is not needed, please explain why.
Thank you.
Top answer
Anonymous Shouldn't the 2nd example have a comma after 'high'? I agree. The point of the example may be that there should be no comma before "when", and perhaps the other comma also got taken out by mistake.
- Anonymous Shouldn't the 2nd example have a comma after 'high'?
- I agree.
- The point of the example may be that there should be no comma before "when", and perhaps the other comma also got taken out by mistake.
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AnonymousShouldn't the 2nd example have a comma after 'high'?I agree. The point of the example may be that there should be no comma before "when", and perhaps the other comma also got taken out by mistake.
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