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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Defining clause

Hi there,

Are the following sentences the ones with defining or non-defining clauses?

"Our neighbour whose daughter lives in Portsmouth is going to the UK soon.''
"My friend who wants to become a psychologist loves helping people."
  

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Greetings, Anonymous: Non-defining clauses are set off by certain punctuation marks (you obviously know what they are), which means... On a side note: I did the unthinkable --- I highlighted the words "non-defining clauses" I searched them with my search engine right from this page. " Sometimes the method is more important than an actual answer.

— Andriy Lapin

  • Greetings, Anonymous: Non-defining clauses are set off by certain punctuation marks (you obviously know what they are), which means...
  • On a side note: I did the unthinkable --- I highlighted the words "non-defining clauses" I searched them with my search engine right from this page.
  • " Sometimes the method is more important than an actual answer.
  • Respectfully yours, Andriy Lapin
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Greetings, Anonymous:

Non-defining clauses are set off by certain punctuation marks (you obviously know what they are), which means...

On a side note: I did the unthinkable --- I highlighted the words "non-defining clauses" I searched them with my search engine right from this page. The very first result led me to the following: "Commas or parentheses are always use
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AnonymousAre the following sentences the ones with defining or non-defining clauses?
As written, they are defining, but they could be written either way.
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