Defining clause
"Schulz, who has accused the chancellor of lulling voters to sleep by offering noncommittal responses, will spar with her over 90 minutes in their only televised one-on-one before Germans vote on 24 September." (The Guardian.)
Do you agree with me that the relative clause "who has accused the chancellor of lulling voters to sleep by offering noncommittal responses" is a defining one and commas in the sentence above are redundant?
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In my opinion, the relative clause in that sentence is essential and cannot be removed because, otherwise, the pronoun "her" lacks its antecedent then.
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anonymous Do you agree with me that the relative clause "who has accused the chancellor of lulling voters to sleep by offering noncommittal responses" is a defining one and commas in the sentence above are redundant? No, not at all. 'Shulz', the person's name, is sufficient definition, so any further modification is non-defining.
- anonymous Do you agree with me that the relative clause "who has accused the chancellor of lulling voters to sleep by offering noncommittal responses" is a defining one and commas in the sentence above are redundant?
- No, not at all.
- 'Shulz', the person's name, is sufficient definition, so any further modification is non-defining.
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anonymousDo you agree with me that the relative clause "who has accused the chancellor of lulling voters to sleep by offering noncommittal responses" is a defining one and commas in the sentence above are redundant?
No, not at all. 'Shulz', the person's name, is sufficient definition, so any further modification is non-defining.
0Schulz, [who has accused the chancellor of lulling voters to sleep by offering noncommittal responses], will spar with her over 90 minutes in their only televised one-on-one before Germans vote on 24 September.
The relative clause is a supplementary (non-defining) one. Since there can be no doubt about the identity of the Schulz who made the accusation, the r
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