I went to the party, where I met new friends?

[keannu]

Is the comma necessary? From another perspective other than consecutive flow, we can probably think "He went to such a party of meeting new friends" My grammar books says there should be a comma, maybe if it goes backward, it might be illogical.

ex)I went to the party, where I met new friends.

 

[5jj]

I met my future wife at that party where I met a lot of new friends.
A defining clause; it tell us which party is being talked about.

I first got to know her at Pat's 21st birthday party, where I also met many other new friends.
A non-defining clause; it provides more information about the party,

 

[magdalena]

The coma states that you are commenting on the whole phrase - we have no doubt that he went to one party only and he met his friends there.
On the other hand without a coma you could suspect that he might have gone to different parties before he found the one where his friends were.

I had a lot of fun yesterday. I want to the party, where I met my friends.
There were so many parties at the festival but I finally managed to find the party where I met my friends.

Cheers,

Magda

 

[magdalena]

Hi, it looks like we provided our answers simultaneously only you first clicked the button, funny. Back to bed. Good night.:-D

 

[5jj]

Hi, it looks like we provided our answers simultaneously only you first clicked the button, funny. Back to bed. Good night.

This happens to bhai and me sometimes. I think it must come from my love of westerns - ah guess ah'm jest quicker on the draw.

 

[keannu]

I met my future wife at that party where I met a lot of new friends.
A defining clause; it tell us which party is being talked about.

I first got to know her at Pat's 21st birthday party, where I also met many other new friends.
A non-defining clause; it provides more information about the party,

I'm not sure of your answer, what I need is if only comma is proper or without-comma is also acceptable.

 

[Allen165]

NOT A TEACHER.

Unless you've already made reference to the party you're talking about, your sentence should read: "I went to a party where I met new friends."

 

[Allen165]

NOT A TEACHER.

A: Did you go to that party you'd mentioned?
B: Yeah, I went to the party, where I made new friends.

You would use a comma in the example above, but the sentence would not sound natural. This is what I would say: "Yeah, I went to the party; I made some new friends there."