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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
relative clause
fortunately we had a map, without which we would have lost.
Why is there a comma after 'a map' since its non-defining clause? The relative clause is talking about map. please help.
Why is there a comma after 'a map' since its non-defining clause? The relative clause is talking about map. please help.
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F ortunately we had a map, without which we would have been / got / gotten lost. The underlined part of the sentence is a non-defining clause. F ortunately we had a map that could lead us to the buried treasure.
- F ortunately we had a map, without which we would have been / got / gotten lost.
- The underlined part of the sentence is a non-defining clause.
- F ortunately we had a map that could lead us to the buried treasure.
- The underlined part of the sentence is a defining clause.
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Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have been / got / gotten lost.
The underlined part of the sentence is a non-defining clause.
Fortunately we had a map that could lead us to the buried treasure.
The underlined part of the sentence is a defining clause.
The underlined part of the sentence is a non-defining clause.
Fortunately we had a map that could lead us to the buried treasure.
The underlined part of the sentence is a defining clause.
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AlpheccaStarsFortunately we had a map, without which we would have been / got / gotten lost.The underlined part of the sentence is a non-defining clause.Fortunately we had a map that could lead us to the buried treasure. The underlined part of the sentence is a defining clause.how do we know whether its non defining or defining? Would you mind briefing me mor
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A "defining relative clause" provides essential information for understanding the sentence.
A non-defining relative clause provides extra information which may be interesting, but it's not essential.
The dog wearing the blue ribbon won first prize.
The clause is defining because it defines which dog won the prize.
If you remove the clause, you have no idea which d
A non-defining relative clause provides extra information which may be interesting, but it's not essential.
The dog wearing the blue ribbon won first prize.
The clause is defining because it defines which dog won the prize.
If you remove the clause, you have no idea which d
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