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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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a restrictive clause for what?

0I have a sentence and am wondering which part of the sentence the underlined clause is restricting 00-- the word value or effect00?02br
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00It causes that other thing to lose the effect or value 01u00that it had02u00. 02br
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00Also, is the colored part OK in terms of punctuuation?0-
  

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02br 02br 00It causes that other thing to lose the effect or value 01u 00that it had02u 00. 01font 00 It's OK. But -- I suggest that you should not get into the habit of using a lot of dashes like this in your writing.

  • 02br 02br 00It causes that other thing to lose the effect or value 01u 00that it had02u 00.
  • 01font 00 It's OK.
  • But -- I suggest that you should not get into the habit of using a lot of dashes like this in your writing.
  • Use them in moderation.
  • I almost never use them.
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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00I have a sentence and am wondering which part of the sentence the underlined clause is restricting 00-- the word value or effect00?02br
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00It causes that other thing to lose the effect or value 01u00that it had02u00. 01font00

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