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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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comma use in which clauses
0 please help. are there 'which clauses' that do not need commas around them? 02 br
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00 The rule which permits the owner to claim damages does conflict with the newly signed law. 02 br
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00 The rule, which permits the owner to claim damages, does conflict with the newly signed law. 02 br
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00 I think the first one is bettter than the second -- but i think it without the commas, it should have been 'that' instead of 'which' as it restricts to that single rule -- not all rules. please do shed light on this. 02 br
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00 ex. 02 br
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00 The rule which permits the owner to claim damages does conflict with the newly signed law. 02 br
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00 The rule, which permits the owner to claim damages, does conflict with the newly signed law. 02 br
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00 I think the first one is bettter than the second -- but i think it without the commas, it should have been 'that' instead of 'which' as it restricts to that single rule -- not all rules. please do shed light on this. 02 br
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00 thanks. 0-
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0 They way I learned, and the way I always try to write, is to use "that" with restrictive clauses, exactly as you suggest. 02 br 02 br 00 However, it appears that lately, this rule is being relaxed some. 0-
- 0 They way I learned, and the way I always try to write, is to use "that" with restrictive clauses, exactly as you suggest.
- 02 br 02 br 00 However, it appears that lately, this rule is being relaxed some.
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0 They way I learned, and the way I always try to write, is to use "that" with restrictive clauses, exactly as you suggest. 02 br
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00 However, it appears that lately, this rule is being relaxed some. My advice would be to continue to use "that" for restrictive clauses and "which" for non-restrictive clauses, but it may, by now, simply be a personal preference and no longer a
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00 However, it appears that lately, this rule is being relaxed some. My advice would be to continue to use "that" for restrictive clauses and "which" for non-restrictive clauses, but it may, by now, simply be a personal preference and no longer a
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00 are there 'which clauses' that do not need commas around them? 12 blockquote10 Yes. 02 br
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00 I think the first one is bettter than the second 12 blockquote10 I do too. 02 br
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00 it should have been 'that' instead of 'which' 12 blockquote
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0 In which clauses you only use comma's if it contains additional information about the part of the sentence before the comma. In other cases you don't use comma's in a which clause. 0-
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