Which one is correct?
Hi everyone.
Normally we say,
"The man who wants some milk is my friend."
And we don't use any comma there. That's because we use "defining-relative clause".
But If there are some words defining "the man" before a relative clause, do we use commas?
For example;
"The man at the door who wants some milk is my friend."
or
"The man at the door ,who wants some milk, is my friend."
Which one would you choose?
I would choose second one(with commas). Because we have already defined "the man" by saying "at the door".
Not It is defined. So The relative clause after "at the door" is giving an extra information. So we must use commas.
What do you think?
Top answer
. we have already defined "the man" by saying "at the door". What about the possibility that there are two men at the door and only one wants milk?
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- we have already defined "the man" by saying "at the door".
- What about the possibility that there are two men at the door and only one wants milk?
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. . . we have already defined "the man" by saying "at the door".
What about the possibility that there are two men at the door and only one wants milk?
0Let's consider your previous examples.
The man at the door who wants some milk is my friend. Sounds like there is more than one man at the door, but only one wants milk.
The man at the door ,who wants some milk, is my friend. Sounds like there is only one man at the door.
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