Relative pronoun and relative adverb for non restrictive use
Hi teachers!
Today I will ask what I have long been wondering - comma and relative pronouns and relative adverbs.
Please check the sentences below and let me know which ones are grammatical.
1. I will meet my mom in London, which I visited 3 years ago.
- > My question here is whether we "should" put comma after antecedent of place.
2. I will meet my mom in London, where I studied 3 years ago.
-> So, is it ungrammatical if we leave out comma in this sentence?
My last question is " Do we need to put comma between antecedent of proper nouns ( such as names of people, places, books) and relative pronoun/ adverb clause? "
Many thanks in advance teachers
Top answer
A proper noun already completely specifies (restricts) the referent (the real world thing it's "pointing" to), so it's nearly impossible to add a relative clause to a proper noun that is restrictive. That means you virtually always need a comma between a proper noun and a relative clause that applies to it. So these are the only correct ways to write these: I will meet my mom in London, which I visited three years ago.
- A proper noun already completely specifies (restricts) the referent (the real world thing it's "pointing" to), so it's nearly impossible to add a relative clause to a proper noun that is restrictive.
- That means you virtually always need a comma between a proper noun and a relative clause that applies to it.
- So these are the only correct ways to write these: I will meet my mom in London, which I visited three years ago.
- I will meet my mom in London, where I studied three years ago.
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A proper noun already completely specifies (restricts) the referent (the real world thing it's "pointing" to), so it's nearly impossible to add a relative clause to a proper noun that is restrictive. That means you virtually always need a comma between a proper noun and a relative clause that applies to it.
So these are the only correct ways to write these:
I will meet my mom i
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