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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Whoever

Are both of "You can't be here whoever you are" and "You can't be here, whoever you are" right? Or, is only the latter, the sentence with a comma between 'here' and 'whoever', right?
  

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lucas21c Are both of "You can't be here whoever you are" and "You can't be here, whoever you are" right? Or, is only the latter, the sentence with a comma between 'here' and 'whoever', right? Only the latter is right.

— CalifJim

  • lucas21c Are both of "You can't be here whoever you are" and "You can't be here, whoever you are" right?
  • Or, is only the latter, the sentence with a comma between 'here' and 'whoever', right?
  • Only the latter is right.
  • The clause in question relates to "you", and there is no point in writing a defining clause (the one without a comma) when it is not necessary to define who "you" is, as if there were more than one "you" to choose between.
  • CJ
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lucas21cAre both of "You can't be here whoever you are" and "You can't be here, whoever you are" right? Or, is only the latter, the sentence with a comma between 'here' and 'whoever', right?
Only the latter is right. The clause in question relates to "you", and there is no point in writing a defining clause (the one without a comma) when it is not necessary t
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Then, how about "I don’t want to take any risk however small it is" and "I don’t want to take any risk, however small it is?" Only the latter right?
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lucas21cThen, how about "I don’t want to take any risk however small it is" and "I don’t want to take any risk, however small it is?" Only the latter right?
I would say so, but you might wait to see if there are different opinions on this one.

CJ
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