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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
General facts with non defining relative clauses
James, who is 7 feet, 75kg and married, will come tonight.
Tom, who graduated from high school yesterday, will come tonight.
I am sorry about the lame examples, but I would like to know usage of non-defining relative clauses. So first of all,
both of them are correct in grammar or either one is right? I think I have ever seen many sentences written like the
first with a list of general facts but I do not know whether the second is also possible in some case because
'graduating from school yesterday' is not a general fact, but just what happened yesterday. What do native
English speakers think and how do you use it? Thank you sooo much!!!
Tom, who graduated from high school yesterday, will come tonight.
I am sorry about the lame examples, but I would like to know usage of non-defining relative clauses. So first of all,
both of them are correct in grammar or either one is right? I think I have ever seen many sentences written like the
first with a list of general facts but I do not know whether the second is also possible in some case because
'graduating from school yesterday' is not a general fact, but just what happened yesterday. What do native
English speakers think and how do you use it? Thank you sooo much!!!
Top answer
James, who is 7 feet tall, weighs 75 kg, and is married, will come tonight. Tom, who graduated from high school yesterday, will come tonight. Both of them are correct in grammar or either one is right?
- James, who is 7 feet tall, weighs 75 kg, and is married, will come tonight.
- Tom, who graduated from high school yesterday, will come tonight.
- Both of them are correct in grammar or either one is right?
- - - Yes .
- Both are non-defining clauses because the proper name ( Tom, James ) defines the person.
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James, who is 7 feet tall, weighs 75 kg, and is married, will come tonight.
Tom, who graduated from high school yesterday, will come tonight.
Both of them are correct in grammar or either one is right?-- Yes. Both are non-defining clauses because the proper name (Tom, James) defines the person.
Tom, who graduated from high school yesterday, will come tonight.
Both of them are correct in grammar or either one is right?-- Yes. Both are non-defining clauses because the proper name (Tom, James) defines the person.
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