Guttyon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
I who am blind(non-restrictive use)
I know that comma is usually used in the case when a phrase modifies "I" like (1).(nonrestrictive use)
(1) Since in the morning meeting I, who was a manager, was assigned by my boss to fly urgently to Fukuoka, I immediately asked my secretary to book my airplane ticket to Fukuoka.
But, in certain cases like (2,3), the phrases modifies proper "I" without commas.
[quote from Three Days to See/ Helen Keller]
(2) I who am blind can give one hint to those who see.
[From Mark Noble, ?James Granger]
(3) As to ghosts, I who have been in many churches by myself, in the dark dread midnight, with only a feeble candle, could never yet get a glimpse of one.
Why aren't commas used in (2,3)?
(1) Since in the morning meeting I, who was a manager, was assigned by my boss to fly urgently to Fukuoka, I immediately asked my secretary to book my airplane ticket to Fukuoka.
But, in certain cases like (2,3), the phrases modifies proper "I" without commas.
[quote from Three Days to See/ Helen Keller]
(2) I who am blind can give one hint to those who see.
[From Mark Noble, ?James Granger]
(3) As to ghosts, I who have been in many churches by myself, in the dark dread midnight, with only a feeble candle, could never yet get a glimpse of one.
Why aren't commas used in (2,3)?
Top answer
Think of it as an uncommon, rather literary, and even poetic way of saying something important about yourself. Sentences #2 and #3 have a literary feel. #1 does not.
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Think of it as an uncommon, rather literary, and even poetic way of saying something important about yourself.
Sentences #2 and #3 have a literary feel. #1 does not.
Consider as an example this verse of a song by Tom Jones.
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Sentences #2 and #3 have a literary feel. #1 does not.
Consider as an example this verse of a song by Tom Jones.
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