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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Quote:
Originally posted by Mark Dexter
My grandmother, who snorts crack, is 82 years old.
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My grandmother who snorts crack is 82 years old.
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I'm having a hard time distinguishing these two sentences. Seems to me that the commas make no real difference. 
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In the comma-ized (yes - I made it up) sentence, "who snorts crack" becomes an independent (I think) clause. It implies that you have one grandmother and she snorts crack. The sentence without commas implies that you have two (or more) grandmothers, and you are talking about the one who snorts crack.
Glad to see I can help with English, if not with basketball.
