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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Non defining relative clauses in spoken English
I have a friend, who knows how to solve it.
The sentence is not written and not spoken by native English speakers at all? Or it is possible but rare? What do you think? Thank you so much.
PS. my grammar book says non defining relative clauses are not used in spoken English, but I do not agree with it. What do you native English speakers think?
The sentence is not written and not spoken by native English speakers at all? Or it is possible but rare? What do you think? Thank you so much.
PS. my grammar book says non defining relative clauses are not used in spoken English, but I do not agree with it. What do you native English speakers think?
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Hi, I have a friend , who knows how to solve it. The sentence is not written and not spoken by native English speakers at all? Or it is possible but rare?
- Hi, I have a friend , who knows how to solve it.
- The sentence is not written and not spoken by native English speakers at all?
- Or it is possible but rare?
- What do you think?
- It's a valid sentence, but it means I want to tell you I have a friend.
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Hi,
I have a friend, who knows how to solve it.
The sentence is not written and not spoken by native English speakers at all? Or it is possible but rare? What do you think?
It's a valid sentence, but it means
I want to tell you I have a friend. ( By the way, that friend knows how to solve
I have a friend, who knows how to solve it.
The sentence is not written and not spoken by native English speakers at all? Or it is possible but rare? What do you think?
It's a valid sentence, but it means
I want to tell you I have a friend. ( By the way, that friend knows how to solve
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Thank you, and if I have only one friend, the sentence with a comma is possible? It is unlikely, but who knows?
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