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*** vs. "Glue, that sticks to both my fingers and the paper, is a pain" | *** vs. "Glue, that sticks to both my fingers and the paper, is a pain" | ||
**** since the parenthetical phrase is "non-defining" (can be removed), that would leave us with only "Glue is a pain" which lacks the defining information as to what type of glue is a pain, the kind "that sticks to both my fingers and the paper" | **** since the parenthetical phrase is "non-defining" (can be removed), that would leave us with only "Glue is a pain" which lacks the defining information as to what type of glue is a pain, the kind "that sticks to both my fingers and the paper" | ||
*** "Dogs ''that are friendly'' are nice" | |||
**** ''that are friendly'' is restrictive because the sentence would otherwise be "Dogs are nice" | |||
***** by adding ''that are friendly'', we have necessary information to make a meaningful sentence | |||
** non-restrictive clauses do not change the meaning of the sentence: | |||
*** "Friendly dogs, which I like, are nice" | |||
**** the main clause, 'Friendly dogs are nice" is meaning. | |||
***** adding "which I like" does not change the meaning of the sentence | |||
==== because: when to use a comma ==== | ==== because: when to use a comma ==== | ||
* ''because'' is a subordinating conjunction and not a relative pronoun | * ''because'' is a subordinating conjunction and not a relative pronoun | ||