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HifaMo Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

stretched over many postings

Please is the following sentence correct?

There once was a quarrel between two members in the forum, which stretched over many postings.

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It depends on if you consider the clause to be defining (restrictive) or non-defining (nonrestrictive). Most people would consider it restrictive, in which case, the correct form is: There once was a quarrel between two members in the forum that stretched over many postings.

  • It depends on if you consider the clause to be defining (restrictive) or non-defining (nonrestrictive).
  • Most people would consider it restrictive, in which case, the correct form is: There once was a quarrel between two members in the forum that stretched over many postings.
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It depends on if you consider the clause to be defining (restrictive) or non-defining (nonrestrictive). Most people would consider it restrictive, in which case, the correct form is:

There once was a quarrel between two members in the forum that stretched over many postings.

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