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Yiduo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Attributive Clause

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The Nile which is 6995 km long is the world's longest river.
The Nile, which is 6995 km long, is the world's longest river.
Could you please tell the difference between them ?
  

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The first implies that there is another Nile that is shorter. The second provides parenthetical information about the Nile. Numbers of four digits or more take a comma between sets of three in American English, for example 6,995 and 1,276,983.

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  • The first implies that there is another Nile that is shorter.
  • The second provides parenthetical information about the Nile.
  • Numbers of four digits or more take a comma between sets of three in American English, for example 6,995 and 1,276,983.
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The first implies that there is another Nile that is shorter. The second provides parenthetical information about the Nile. Numbers of four digits or more take a comma between sets of three in American English, for example 6,995 and 1,276,983.
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It didn't occur to me that the first sentence has a different meaning.
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yiduoCould you please tell the difference between them?
The first is not possible. You can’t have a restrictive clause after a proper noun.
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Aspara Gus yiduoCould you please tell the difference between them?The first is not possible. You can’t have a restrictive clause after a proper noun.
The London Hippodrome was built as a showplace for circus acts. The Hippodrome that is in Baltimore has always been a conventional theater.

The Burger King that is on Elm Street is older than the one on
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So
"Tom has a son,who is a teacher."implies that he only has one son.
"Tom has a son who is a teacher."implies that he may have/has more than one son.
Is that right?
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yiduo"Tom has a son,who is a teacher" implies that he only has one son.
"Tom has a son who is a teacher" implies that he has more than one son.
Is that right?
Yes.
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