sky3120
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- Jan 29, 2012
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- Korean
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- South Korea
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If someone has a pause for 1~2 seconds in front of restrictive relative clauses, not non restrictive relative clauses, how do you native English speakers feel? And how do you figure out whether it is restrictive or non restrictive?
For example,
Do you know anyone who can speak English?
->Do you know anyone...who can speak English?
We easily know "who can speak English" modifies anyone but if someone say the sentence with a pause in front of "who", what do you feel and think? And why could there be a pause? Thank you for your help and time as usual.
For example,
Do you know anyone who can speak English?
->Do you know anyone...who can speak English?
We easily know "who can speak English" modifies anyone but if someone say the sentence with a pause in front of "who", what do you feel and think? And why could there be a pause? Thank you for your help and time as usual.