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Lv 5

when do we use a comma after "which"?

i'm referring to relative clauses.. i often see--> , which... as:

I love my clock, which stands in the hall.

can you please provide me instances where which is proceeded with a comma?

thank you so much *bows*

Update:

I mean AFTER which.. a comma PROCEEDING (not preceding) which..

when do we do that? or can we do that?

Update 2:

kakariki, thanks, but how about OTHER than for the purpose of "pausing"..

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Your question is confusing...commas usually come before which...so I will answer the question I think you are trying to ask.

    You use a comma when "which" introduces a relative or nonessential clause (they both mean the same thing.)

    A nonessential clause is one that adds extra information to the sentence, but is not essential to the main point of the sentence.

    "The answers, which were given in Latin, were very impressive." That they were given in Latin is not the main point, but extra information. The fact that the answers were good is the main point.

    A rule of thumb is "which" introduces nonessential clauses, and "that" introduces essential clauses, but that is just a general rule - it doesn't mean the one should go around putting commas in front of all "which"s.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Comma Before Which

  • 4 years ago

    After Which

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Those are two things which, when added together, make something else.

    There's an example.

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  • 1 decade ago

    all the time, otherwise you use "that". so you can say

    i love my clock that stands in the hall OR

    i love my clock, which stands in the hall

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Orphans. Beck all the mothereffing way.

  • 1 decade ago

    This is a question which, in my opinion, illustrates the decline in the standard of English as taught in the UK.

  • M W
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    i eat food, which i buy from the store.

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