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Jasnkid Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
restrictive or non-restrictive
Hi teachers,
Is the following sentence correct?
Evidently it was Darwin who introduced the expression “fool’s experiment” to refer to such experiments, which he often undertook to test what most people would consider not worth testing.
The underlined sentence is non-restrictive clause and the word “which” is a relative pronoun as an objective case.
In my opinion, there is no need for comma in front of which. It is confusing.
Many thanks in advance.
Is the following sentence correct?
Evidently it was Darwin who introduced the expression “fool’s experiment” to refer to such experiments, which he often undertook to test what most people would consider not worth testing.
The underlined sentence is non-restrictive clause and the word “which” is a relative pronoun as an objective case.
In my opinion, there is no need for comma in front of which. It is confusing.
Many thanks in advance.
Top answer
jasnkid Is the following sentence correct? Yes, and the comma is necessary: such experiments refers to a noun phrase in the preceding sentence, in which experiments is defined by a participle clause: Great discoveries have been made by means of experiments devised with complete disregard for well accepted beliefs . Evidently it was Darwin who introduced the expression “fool's experiment” to refer to such experiments, which he often undertook to test what most people would consider not worth testing.
- jasnkid Is the following sentence correct?
- Yes, and the comma is necessary: such experiments refers to a noun phrase in the preceding sentence, in which experiments is defined by a participle clause: Great discoveries have been made by means of experiments devised with complete disregard for well accepted beliefs .
- Evidently it was Darwin who introduced the expression “fool's experiment” to refer to such experiments, which he often undertook to test what most people would consider not worth testing.
- The relative clause just adds extra information.
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jasnkidIs the following sentence correct?Yes, and the comma is necessary: such experiments refers to a noun phrase in the preceding sentence, in which experiments is defined by a participle clause:
Great discoveries have been made by means of experiments devised with complete disregard for well accepted beliefs. Evidently it w
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