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Greatmilinko8451 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
placement of nonrestrictive clauses
Is there a rule of them when determining where to place a nonrestrictive clause? Is the placement soley at the author's descretion?
For example, would it be "Most of the students earned good marks, especially those who studied", or "Most of the students, especailly those who studied, earned good marks."
For example, would it be "Most of the students earned good marks, especially those who studied", or "Most of the students, especailly those who studied, earned good marks."
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I am not sure whether you can place such a clause between any two words in the sentence, but the two examples that you have mentioned are both OK to me.
- I am not sure whether you can place such a clause between any two words in the sentence, but the two examples that you have mentioned are both OK to me.
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I am not sure whether you can place such a clause between any two words in the sentence, but the two examples that you have mentioned are both OK to me.
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I suggest you put it immediately before or after what it is modifying. In your second example, it goes right after "students," which makes sense. In your first example, although it doesn't make sense, you could read it at first as thinking that it was the good marks that had studied.
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