How To Use Commas In Relative Clauses
If the non defining relative clause occurs at the end of a sentence a comma is put before the relative pronoun.
How to use commas in relative clauses. You can use both relative pronouns and relative adverbs to create a relative clause. Technically our first sentence could be reworded as follows. Defining relative clauses are often used in definitions. Relative clauses come directly after the noun they are referring to. Restrictive relative clauses are not set off by commas while nonrestrictive relative clauses are.
So here are two very easy easy things to remember. Without commas relative clause is necessary for basic understanding of the sentence. One girl is talking to tom and you ask somebody whether he knows this girl. A relative clause is essential when you need the information it provides. Imagine tom is in a room with five girls.
Welcome to my guide on css modules. Cncp patients all of them have complaints of pain that are not adequately addressed. Correct punctuation is essential in non defining relative clauses. Because of the commas we have to read the relative clause as supplementary information about all cncp patients. While the relative clause in this example follows the same rules as a non defining clause it is separated out from the rest of the sentence with a comma at the start and finish.
With commas relative clause is not necessary for basic understanding of the sentence. This might be at the end of a sentence or embedded into the middle of a sentence. Do you know the girl who is talking to tom. For each sentence you will have to decide if the relative clause is essential or nonessential and then use commas accordingly. The modules used by the software tool are introduced in this chapter.
If embedded into the middle of a sentence the. As a general rule the pronoun that should be used for restrictive relative clauses and which should be used for nonrestrictive relative clauses. And b edinburgh where i went to university is a beautiful city. Defining relative clauses are not put in commas. Cristina has written to ask how we use commas in relative clauses.