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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Clause
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1. Sally is a committee member who finds it difficult to make decisions.
Here , we are defining the 'a committee member' not 'Sally'. In case, if it defines 'Sally', it would be a non-definingg clause and must be separated by a comma.
2.Sally ,who finds it difficult to make decisions, is a committee member.
I would like to discuss a few cases such as, when a sentence has a subject(proper noun) and a complement linked with 'be' verb and it has to be linked with a clause like in (1).
Shall we put relative clause just after the proper noun (in that case , it would be a non-defining clause) or after the complement?
Thanks.
1. Sally is a committee member who finds it difficult to make decisions.
Here , we are defining the 'a committee member' not 'Sally'. In case, if it defines 'Sally', it would be a non-definingg clause and must be separated by a comma.
2.Sally ,who finds it difficult to make decisions, is a committee member.
I would like to discuss a few cases such as, when a sentence has a subject(proper noun) and a complement linked with 'be' verb and it has to be linked with a clause like in (1).
Shall we put relative clause just after the proper noun (in that case , it would be a non-defining clause) or after the complement?
Thanks.
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We generally try to put relative clauses immediately after their antecedents, regardless of whether they are defining or non-defining. Sally, who finds it difficult to make decisions, is a committee member . Non-defining The Sally who finds it difficult to make decisions is a committee member .
- We generally try to put relative clauses immediately after their antecedents, regardless of whether they are defining or non-defining.
- Sally, who finds it difficult to make decisions, is a committee member .
- Non-defining The Sally who finds it difficult to make decisions is a committee member .
- Defining.
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We generally try to put relative clauses immediately after their antecedents, regardless of whether they are defining or non-defining.
.Sally, who finds it difficult to make decisions, is a committee member. Non-defining
The Sally who finds it difficult to make decisions is a committee member. Defining.
.Sally, who finds it difficult to make decisions, is a committee member. Non-defining
The Sally who finds it difficult to make decisions is a committee member. Defining.
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I found the given sentence from Cambridge Advanced learner's Dictionary.
1.Sally is a committee member who finds it difficult to make decisions.
Thanks.
I found the given sentence from Cambridge Advanced learner's Dictionary.
1.Sally is a committee member who finds it difficult to make decisions.
Thanks.
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1.Sally is a committee member who finds it difficult to make decisions.
The pronoun 'who' whether refers to 'Sally' or 'a committee member'.
My previous question was on the same sentence whether we put the relative clause near the referent, in that case, the clause would be a non-defining clause.
Here the defining clause has been fronted t
1.Sally is a committee member who finds it difficult to make decisions.
The pronoun 'who' whether refers to 'Sally' or 'a committee member'.
My previous question was on the same sentence whether we put the relative clause near the referent, in that case, the clause would be a non-defining clause.
Here the defining clause has been fronted t
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The defining clause hasn't been 'fronted' anywhere. It's placed immediately after the noun phrase it defines, a committee member'..
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