Andromeda
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Dear teachers,
I came across the following two sentences in a grammar book:
1. Twenty demonstrators were arrested, some of whom the police subsequently charged.
2. Lawyers have been hired to represent the demonstrators some of whom the police subsequently charged.
The author of the grammar said sentence 1 is a non-defining relative clause, and sentence 2 is a defining relative clause. Adding on, he said sentence 2 is not grammatical. All he said was, such a construction is not possible in defining relative clause.
Could someone tell me why sentence 2 is not correct?
Thank you.
I came across the following two sentences in a grammar book:
1. Twenty demonstrators were arrested, some of whom the police subsequently charged.
2. Lawyers have been hired to represent the demonstrators some of whom the police subsequently charged.
The author of the grammar said sentence 1 is a non-defining relative clause, and sentence 2 is a defining relative clause. Adding on, he said sentence 2 is not grammatical. All he said was, such a construction is not possible in defining relative clause.
Could someone tell me why sentence 2 is not correct?
Thank you.
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