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Reply Mon 11 Jul, 2011 10:43 pm
Jonathan(,) whose mother is a teacher(,) is my best friend.

Are the commas optional?

Thanks.
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roger
 
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Reply Mon 11 Jul, 2011 11:08 pm
@tanguatlay,
No. You need both.
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Old Goat
 
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Reply Tue 12 Jul, 2011 03:11 am
Eats shoots and leaves.

Eats, shoots and leaves.

I feel better now.
roger
 
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Reply Tue 12 Jul, 2011 03:59 am
@Old Goat,
Fortunately, she has been around too long to be so easily confused.

Glad you were able to get out of your system.
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Mame
 
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Reply Tue 12 Jul, 2011 04:36 am
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:

Jonathan(,) whose mother is a teacher(,) is my best friend.

Are the commas optional?

Thanks.


"whose mother is a teacher" is in commas because it's a clause that's not critical to the point of the sentence which is is that Johnathon is my best friend. Another example:

That blue house on the corner, which was renovated last year, is the house where I grew up.
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