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Reshary Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Non-defining relative clause

0 They have two sons who became doctors. 02br
00They have two sons, who became doctors. 02br
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00I think these two sentences have a different meaning. The first one means that they might have more than two children. So they have two sons who became a doctor and at the same time they might have one son who became a lawyer. 02br
00However, the second one means that they have only two sons and the sons are doctors. 02br
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00Then, how about this sentence? 02br
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00My family is four; we have two sons who are students. 02br
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00Is "COMMA" obligatory between 'two sons' and 'who'? 02br
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00According to the sentence, my family consists of four members. "We" might be mom and papa. Therefore, "We" must have two children, not more than two. 02br
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00Please help me!! 02br
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0 Dear Reshary, 02br 02br 00Sentence number two is not possible. It is: «they have two sons, who became doctors». 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05002br 00Goldmund 010id1

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0 Dear Reshary, 02br
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00Sentence number two is not possible. It is: «they have two sons, who became doctors». 02br
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00Kind regards, 05002br
00Goldmund 010id1
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0 They have two sons who became doctors. 02br
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00They have two sons, one of whom became a doctor. 02br
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00I would not usually put a comma in the first sentence unless "who became doctors" was less important than the subsequent statement. (Sorry, I don't know the correct grammatical term). 02br
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00Here's an example: 02br
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