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Moon7296 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
relative pronoun
1. I have a son who is a doctor.
2. I have a son, who is a doctor.
Q) Do you see the difference between the two sentences is this?
#2 could imply that "I" could possibly have another son or so.
In #1, "I" have only one son.
2. I have a son, who is a doctor.
Q) Do you see the difference between the two sentences is this?
#2 could imply that "I" could possibly have another son or so.
In #1, "I" have only one son.
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moon7296 In #1, "I" have only one son. No. You can write without contradiction I have a son who is a doctor, and I have a son who is an engineer .
- moon7296 In #1, "I" have only one son.
- No.
- You can write without contradiction I have a son who is a doctor, and I have a son who is an engineer .
- The use of a comma in this kind of sentence, as in #2, is possible, but not usual.
- CJ
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moon7296In #1, "I" have only one son.No. You can write without contradiction I have a son who is a doctor, and I have a son who is an engineer.
The use of a comma in this kind of sentence, as in #2, is possible, but not usual.
CJ
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moon7296#2 could imply that "I" could possibly have another son or so. In #1, "I" have only one son.If anything, the tendency is the opposite. #2 is more likely to mean that you have only one son. However, it is not conclusive, and I find #2 somewhat unsatisfactory anyway.
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