Grammar
Hello everyone,
Are the commas needed in the following sentences?
Spain is a nice country. Many people visit it every year.
-Spain, which many people visit every year, is a nice country.
Or
-Spain is a nice country, which many people visit every year.
Regards,
Joseph
Top answer
Joseph A -Spain, which many people visit every year, is a nice country. Yes. Joseph A -Spain is a nice country, which many people visit every year.
- Joseph A -Spain, which many people visit every year, is a nice country.
- Yes.
- Joseph A -Spain is a nice country, which many people visit every year.
- Either way.
- The comma makes "which many people visit every year" parenthetical, equivalent to the other one with the phrase at the end instead of in the middle.
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Joseph A-Spain, which many people visit every year, is a nice country.
Yes.
Joseph A-Spain is a nice country, which many people visit every year.
Either way. The comma makes "which many people visit every year" parenthetical, equivalent to the other one with the phrase at the end instead of in the middle.
0Joseph ASpain, which many people visit every year, is a nice country.
OK. "Spain" is a proper noun, so only a non-defining relative clause (the kind with commas) is possible here.
Joseph ASpain is a nice country, which many people visit every year.
I think this is an attempt to make the relative clause apply to "S
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