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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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defining or non-defining, blind alley, comma

0A blind alley can mean an attempt to achieve something01font00(,)02font00 which does not produce useful results.02br
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00A native speaker says that in the above example a comma is need after soemthing. Do you agree?0-
  

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0No. Either 01i00which02i00 or 01i00that02i00 can head defining clauses, and this 01i00which02i00-clause is logically defining 'attempt'.02br
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00PS: If it were non-defining,01i00 blind alley02i00 would mean 01i01b00any02b00 attempt to achieve somethi

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