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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Relative clause and complement clause
1. Bugsy made him an offer that he couldn't refuse.
2. Bugsy made him an offer which he couldn't refuse.
Q1) Does the relative cluase in #2 need a comma in front of which?(If so, is it optional or compulsory?)
Q2) If I omit the underlined in #1, is it OK?
3. The belief that we can abolish war seems hopeful.
Q3) I think in #3 that cannot change to which, can it?
Q4) Does 'The belief seems hopeful' make sense? (I try this to see how this is different from the question 2)
2. Bugsy made him an offer which he couldn't refuse.
Q1) Does the relative cluase in #2 need a comma in front of which?(If so, is it optional or compulsory?)
Q2) If I omit the underlined in #1, is it OK?
3. The belief that we can abolish war seems hopeful.
Q3) I think in #3 that cannot change to which, can it?
Q4) Does 'The belief seems hopeful' make sense? (I try this to see how this is different from the question 2)
Top answer
)-- No comma. 'Which' can initiate both restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, and only a restrictive clause makes sense here. -- Grammatically and semantically yes, but information is missing, of course.
- )-- No comma.
- 'Which' can initiate both restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, and only a restrictive clause makes sense here.
- -- Grammatically and semantically yes, but information is missing, of course.
- -- You are right.
- Q4) Does ' The belief seems hopeful' make sense?
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Q1) Does the relative cluase in #2 need a comma in front of which?(If so, is it optional or compulsory?)-- No comma. 'Which' can initiate both restrictive and non-restrictive clauses, and only a restrictive clause makes sense here.
Q2) If I omit the underlined in #1, is it OK?-- Grammatically and semantically yes, but information is missing, of course.
Q3) I
Q2) If I omit the underlined in #1, is it OK?-- Grammatically and semantically yes, but information is missing, of course.
Q3) I
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