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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What is the difference between these two sentences and is there any pronunciation difference?
She read the letter which upset me.
She read the letter, which upset me.
Thank you.
She read the letter which upset me.
She read the letter, which upset me.
Thank you.
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" The pause, indicated by the comma, is significant. " In the first one, the defining relative clause, the "which" tells which letter upset me. ) In the second one, the non-defining relative clause, it is her reading of the letter which upset me - her act of reading it.
- " The pause, indicated by the comma, is significant.
- " In the first one, the defining relative clause, the "which" tells which letter upset me.
- ) In the second one, the non-defining relative clause, it is her reading of the letter which upset me - her act of reading it.
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Both must be pronounced "red," or simple past tense of "to read."
The pause, indicated by the comma, is significant.
The difference is in the antecedent of "which."
In the first one, the defining relative clause, the "which" tells which letter upset me.
(It was the letter itself that upset me.)
In the second one, the non-defining relative clause, it is her rea
The pause, indicated by the comma, is significant.
The difference is in the antecedent of "which."
In the first one, the defining relative clause, the "which" tells which letter upset me.
(It was the letter itself that upset me.)
In the second one, the non-defining relative clause, it is her rea
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