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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The omission of a non-restrictive pronoun.

The protagonist, Philip, who was born with a club foot, moved in with his uncle Mr. Carey, the Vicar of Blackstable after his mother's death.
He dropped out of King's School at Tercanbury, came to Germany, and stays at the Frau Professor Erlin's lodging house with several guests.

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Weeks had two little rooms at the back of Frau Erlin's house, and one of them, arranged as a parlour, was comfortable enough for him to invite people to sit in.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know if "which" is omitted before "was."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon I'd like to know if "which" is omitted before "was No, 'was' is the main verb of the independent clause. was (V) comfortable enough for him to invite people to sit in.

— Mister Micawber

  • park sang joon I'd like to know if "which" is omitted before "was No, 'was' is the main verb of the independent clause.
  • was (V) comfortable enough for him to invite people to sit in.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if "which" is omitted before "was
No, 'was' is the main verb of the independent clause.

and one (S)...was (V) comfortable enough for him to invite people to sit in.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your another So very kind answer from you. Emotion: smile

I'd like to ask you one more thing.
I'd like t
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park sang joonI'd like to know if we can omit the non-relative pronoun "which."
Where?
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For instance, how about the "which" in the following?
"I went to the church for the first time, which I see on the way from the school everyday."
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park sang joonFor instance, how about the "which" in the following?"I went to the church for the first time, which I see on the way from the school everyday."
No, you cannot omit 'which' there— and you must spell 'every day' as two words.

On the other hand, if the sentence were re-ordered for clarity and 'which' were restrictive, this is fine:
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