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In each example, ‘which’ is a function word being used to introduce a nonrestrictive relative clause, and to modify a noun, (‘point’ and ‘time’) in that clause - so ‘which’ is an adjective not a pronoun . Together with that noun it is referring to
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THE suicide-blast by a jihadist triple-agent in Afghanistan on December 30th, that killed seven American spies and one Jordanian, was a calamity for the CIA.
Above the sentence is a relative clause and that here is relative pronoun. As
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Number one contains a subordinate clause. In the example, the clause needs to be closed by a comma at the end, as it was opened with one at the beginning. A subordinate clause contains a subject and a verb, but always begins with a subordinating
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I would like to ask a further/related question on this.
Pariciple phrases function adjectivally or adverbially. They are set off from the main clause by comma(s).
Since they function as such, they can modify virtually anything
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Hello someone out there ( Perhaps Gleb? =)
I really need some help with finite subordinate clauses. I have understood that they appear in three different categories : adjectival, adverbial and nominal clauses.
But can someone please
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Good evening, Chris, these are thought-provoking questions you have asked, and here is my opinion backed up by data from authoritative sources. 1. The possibility of tell filling the slot of talk in the example sentence seems questionable at
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Hi. Thank you again.
Do you think the placement of commas for these is correct? I think what I am trying to ask is if some words or phrases or clauses (possible?) exist and if those can leave a possibility of readers of the sentence with
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I wonder if a comma before the word (pronoun?) "which" would be correct.-- No; the following clause is a critical part of the definition of 'enzyme'. I also think that the word in capital letters "TECHNICAL" (in brackets) means the word is
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In sentence The police found the weapon ,which made prosecutor's job easier .
My friend says which is refering to weapon and hence this construcion is wrong .He says it should be
The police found the weapon,making prosecutpr's job
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The police found the murder weapon,which made the prosecutor's job much easier
As others have said, the sentence is correct (if you add a space after the comma and a full stop / period at the end). In theory, which can refer to both the
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