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Sb70012 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"Dad, she is Jessica, who disputes a lot."
Hello,
I have studied most of the threads about the rules of restrictive (defining) and nonrestrictive (non-defined) that-clauses and who clauses but sometimes it's a little bit tricky to detect if the second part of the clause is essential or not essential. I have created three examples:
Suppose that me and my father are looking at an album of my friends pictures.
I say to my father:
1. "Dad, she is Jessica, who disputes a lot."
2. "Dad, she is Jessica who disputes a lot."
3. "Dad, she is Jessica, the only one of the girls who disputes a lot.
Here, do you think [who disputes a lot] is an essential information or just extra to be separated by a comma?
Thank you.
I have studied most of the threads about the rules of restrictive (defining) and nonrestrictive (non-defined) that-clauses and who clauses but sometimes it's a little bit tricky to detect if the second part of the clause is essential or not essential. I have created three examples:
Suppose that me and my father are looking at an album of my friends pictures.
I say to my father:
1. "Dad, she is Jessica, who disputes a lot."
2. "Dad, she is Jessica who disputes a lot."
3. "Dad, she is Jessica, the only one of the girls who disputes a lot.
Here, do you think [who disputes a lot] is an essential information or just extra to be separated by a comma?
Thank you.
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Consider. She is Jessica, who disputes a lot. Sounds like the context involves only one girl called Jessica.
- Consider.
- She is Jessica, who disputes a lot.
- Sounds like the context involves only one girl called Jessica.
- She is Jessica who disputes a lot.
- Sounds like the context involves several girls called Jessica, but only one of them disputes a lot.
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Consider.
She is Jessica, who disputes a lot.
Sounds like the context involves only one girl called Jessica.
She is Jessica who disputes a lot.
Sounds like the context involves several girls c
She is Jessica, who disputes a lot.
Sounds like the context involves only one girl called Jessica.
She is Jessica who disputes a lot.
Sounds like the context involves several girls c
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She is Jessica who disputes a lot. Sounds like the context involves several girls called Jessica, but only one of them disputes a lot.In this situation you can also say 'She is the Jessica who disputes a lot.' (makes it very clear that there is more than one Jessica)
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