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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Non defining clause
How is this sentence non defining clause?
Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have got lost.
Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have got lost.
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Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have got lost. Only the part after the comma is the non-defining clause. It's non-defining because it doesn't describe any particular kind of map as a way of distinguishing that map from any other.
- Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have got lost.
- Only the part after the comma is the non-defining clause.
- It's non-defining because it doesn't describe any particular kind of map as a way of distinguishing that map from any other.
- For a defining clause you need something like "a map that had the area of interest clearly marked".
- ) CJ
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Anonymous How is this sentence non defining clause?Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have got lost.Only the part after the comma is the non-defining clause.
It's non-defining because it doesn't describe any particular kind of map as a way of distinguishing that map from any other.
For a defining clause you need something like
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