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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
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Relative Clause - which material is either...
UK Food Law defines a natural flavor as:
a flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to no process other than one normally so used.
Q1: Am I correct to say the first string of words preceding the colon is ungrammatical because a complete thought/independent clause should always precede a colon?
Q2. 'which material is either raw...' a grammatical relative clause? Shouldn't it just be 'which is either raw...'?
Thanks
a flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to no process other than one normally so used.
Q1: Am I correct to say the first string of words preceding the colon is ungrammatical because a complete thought/independent clause should always precede a colon?
Q2. 'which material is either raw...' a grammatical relative clause? Shouldn't it just be 'which is either raw...'?
Thanks
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UK Food Law defines a natural flavor as: a flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin comma which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to no process other than one normally so used. Q1: Am I correct to say the first string of words preceding the colon is ungrammatical because a complete thought/independent clause should always precede a colon? A definition is commonly given in this way.
- UK Food Law defines a natural flavor as: a flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin comma which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to no process other than one normally so used.
- Q1: Am I correct to say the first string of words preceding the colon is ungrammatical because a complete thought/independent clause should always precede a colon?
- A definition is commonly given in this way.
- But better would be UK Food Law defines a natural flavor as follows : Q2.
- ' a grammatical relative clause?
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UK Food Law defines a natural flavor as:
a flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin comma which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to
a flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin comma which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to
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Cliveit is a relative clause written in a special style of legal English.eg Tom had a gun, which gun had been used to murder Fred.There should be a comma as I have indicated in red.Thanks, Clive.
May I ask why they repeat the antecedent? Is it to be absolutely clear and avoid any chance of ambiguity?
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