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Latest post Fri, Aug 3 2007 3:27 PM by Grammar Geek. 1 replies.
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Chrismlangan  +  399954 Fri, 03 Aug 07 11:15 AM

How do you punctuate two or verbs that relate to the same object in a sentence? 

 

For example, "That’s why I laugh at my friends who want to go to the same schools I do yet take every AP course offered."
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Grammar Geek  +  400019 Fri, 03 Aug 07 03:27 PM

The "who" actually functions as the subject there, which together form the object of your laugh. Like, I saw [the man who robbed the bank].

But anyway, I think you're fine without any punctuation at all. If you wrote "who want to go to the same schools I do, yet who take every AP course offered," you'd be fine as well. In fact, it's less ambiguous.

Your original sentence could be read as "I laugh at... yet I take every AP course offered" instead of "I laugh at my friends who want... and who take."

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