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Punctuation Self-Test: Commas and subordinate and main clauses (4)




Click Correct or Incorrect for each of the following.


Question 1

"He answered all the examination questions which were on Marketing."

[The intended meaning is that the person answered only the questions on marketing, and answered all of these, while ignoring the questions on other subjects.]



Question 2

"He answered all the examination questions, which were on Marketing."

[The intended meaning is that the person answered all the questions, and that these happened to be questions on marketing.]



Question 3

"The members of the department who had read the article were shocked by the news."

[The intended meaning is that all members of the department had read the article, and that all were shocked by the news.]



Question 4

"The members of the department, who had read the article, were shocked by the news."

[The intended meaning is that of all the members of the department, only those who had read the article were shocked by the news.]



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