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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Question about the comma and the clause
I'm sure they are better than the librarians we have in the office, who only care about books.
Do I need the comma? Does the clause after the comma modify only the office, or can it modify the librarians too?
Thank you very much.
Do I need the comma? Does the clause after the comma modify only the office, or can it modify the librarians too?
Thank you very much.
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Anonymous Does the clause after the comma modify only the office No! An office can't care about books! The clause only modifies librarians .
- Anonymous Does the clause after the comma modify only the office No!
- An office can't care about books!
- The clause only modifies librarians .
- Anonymous Do I need the comma?
- No.
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AnonymousDoes the clause after the comma modify only the officeNo! An office can't care about books! The clause only modifies librarians.
AnonymousDo I need the comma?No. As you've written it, the statement says that all the librarians in that office only care about books, and they are better than all of them.
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