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Jawel Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

A relative clause in the middle

Hello friends.
While reading an English pdf book, I saw a sentence which I found interesting on the perspective of word order.

"It is an expedition which I will undertake alone, in the comfort of Mr. Faraday's Ford."

I supposed that "an expedition in the comfort of Mr.Faraday's Ford" is a noun clause.

"In the comfort of ..." is defining "an expedition". They should be together.
Putting relative clause in the middle of them is sensible, correct? I am not sure.

Because doing this is causing "in the comfort of Mr.Faraday's Ford" to be far away from "an expedition" and the connection between them is getting lost.
To do it is the same as doing this "In the comfort of Mr. Faraday's Ford, It is an expedition which I will undertake alone."
Does it make sense? I am not sure again.
Or asking "Where is it an expedition?" is meaningful?

If there was no comma after "alone", I would consider it like

" It is an expedition which I will undertake alone in the comfort of Mr. Faraday's Ford. " and

It would be sensible, correct.

But putting a comma at the middle is separating "in the comfort of Mr. Faraday's Ford" from the sentence.

I do not like this sentence..


What do you think?

  

Top answer

Jawel putting a comma at in the middle is separating separates "in the comfort of Mr. Faraday's Ford" from the rest of the sentence. That comma was placed there to imitate a pause in speech.

— CalifJim

  • Jawel putting a comma at in the middle is separating separates "in the comfort of Mr.
  • Faraday's Ford" from the rest of the sentence.
  • That comma was placed there to imitate a pause in speech.
  • It has no grammatical significance except to imply perhaps "and".
  • The relative clause goes to the end of the sentence.
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Jawelputting a comma at in the middle is separating separates "in the comfort of Mr. Faraday's Ford" from the rest of the sentence.

That comma was placed there to imitate a pause in speech. It has no grammat

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