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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is it a realtive clause?

Hi teachers,
The clause enclosed in commas is a relative clause. How about the one in 'red', is it too?
Bilingual people, who speak two languages very well, do better on tests than people who speak only one language.

Thans in advance.
  

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First of all, I would omit the commas because as it is the sentence implies that all bilingual people speak two languages very well, which is certainly not true. The answer to your question is yes, except that the 'people' in red is not a part of the relative clause. It is the antecedent of the relative pronoun 'who'.

— Cool Breeze

  • First of all, I would omit the commas because as it is the sentence implies that all bilingual people speak two languages very well, which is certainly not true.
  • The answer to your question is yes, except that the 'people' in red is not a part of the relative clause.
  • It is the antecedent of the relative pronoun 'who'.
  • CB
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First of all, I would omit the commas because as it is the sentence implies that all bilingual people speak two languages very well, which is certainly not true.

The answer to your question is yes, except that the 'people' in red is not a part of the relative clause. It is the antecedent of the relative pronoun 'who'.

CB
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Hi CB,
Thank you for your reply. Even though the sentence is from a book after what you wrote I agree with you. Though in many cases they do. I myself speak two languages, Spanish and Catalan, and I don't know anybody around me that doesn't. If it is very well, it is another story.
Cool BreezeFirst of all, I would omit the commas because as it is the sentence implies th
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