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Zazzex Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Meaning with an apposition, a prepostion and a relative caluse.

Hello,

My name is Kathy Lee, mother of John Lee, who is a jailed Christian in Kosobo and suffering a lot.

Is the above confusing?

The jailed one coud be Kathy or John?

How do I write it better?

Thanks
  

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To me, this unambiguously means that the jailed one is John. )

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  • To me, this unambiguously means that the jailed one is John.
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To me, this unambiguously means that the jailed one is John.

(If you mean the place in the Balkans, then the usual English spelling is "Kosovo".)
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Thanks for your comment

Is it possible that the jailed one is mother?

If you want to mean Mother is jailed, how do you write it?
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... mother of John Lee, and I am suffering greatly in jail in Kosovo.
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I meant to use a relative clause.

So, in this kind of case, a relative clause is ambiguous and should be avoided, right?
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zazzexI meant to use a relative clause.
You can't do that.

We don't write,

My name is Larry who is ...

Larry here is not the person but the name, so who is not appropriate.
Secondly, you can't normally have a restrictive relative clause after a proper noun.
zazzexSo, in
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CJ, I know you know a ton more about this than I do, but are there not some situations where you use that?

Knock, knock

A: Who's there? What do you want? Why are you bothering me?

Me: It's Susan Jones

A: Who??

Me: Susan. It's Susan Jones, who you invited to come look at your collection of early 20th centurey Curmudgeon Weekly issues. Remember?
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Grammar Geek It's Susan Jones, who you invited to come look at your collection of early 20th centurey Curmudgeon Weekly issues. Remember?
It's not a restrictive relative clause after a proper noun (Note your comma.), so it works fine. My claim earlier in the thread focused on restrictive relative clauses. (I as
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