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Pructus Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

True meaning of restrictive relative pronoun

Hello...


This is in relation to

As I think I didn't present clearly there, I present again.
I am sorry for the inconveniences that I caused, but as I was unclear about what was it that I was asking, I couldn't ask questions clearly.


A: She had two sons who were studying law at university and a daughter who was still at high school.


The A above, does it mean...

B: She had only two sons and one daughter.

C: She had more than two sons and more than one daughter.

D: We cannot be sure. We can be sure only that she had at least two sons and one daughter.


Among B, C and D, which should be native speaker's sense of English here?

There are no commas before who.

  

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In a court of law the answer is probably D, but with no other information I naturally take it to mean B.

  • In a court of law the answer is probably D, but with no other information I naturally take it to mean B.
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In a court of law the answer is probably D, but with no other information I naturally take it to mean B.

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