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Tara2 Posted 6 years ago
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Whose effect is precisely to undermine isolation

Is the relative clause a defining relative clause or non-defining?

So the isolation property too is really more of a desideratum than an ironclad guarantee: What is more, real-world systems typically provide explicit mechanisms namely, isolation levels lower than the maximum--whose effect is precisely to undermine isolation.

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First, please tell us which word you see this clause as relative to. Clive

  • First, please tell us which word you see this clause as relative to.
  • Clive
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First, please tell us which word you see this clause as relative to.

Clive

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I agree.

Now if we say "What is more, real-world systems typically provide explicit mechanisms whose effect is precisely to undermine isolation", are there other explicit mechanisms that have other effects?

Clive


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I really don't know whether or not there are other explicit mechanisms that have other effects.

no other explicit mechanisms Then it is not a defining clause.

other explicit mechanisms Then it is a defining clause


In my opinion, it's a poorly written sentence because the dash just tacks on what follows as an after-thought and leaves the r

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