What kind of noun or phrase can take a subordinate clause beginning with a relative pronoun?
I was reading a sentence that went something like, "In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, the author describes vampires in ways characteristic of masochistic literature, especially Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs" (that's not the real sentence but it's pretty close). To me, the subordinate clause "who is a mormon" just feels WEIRD modifying "Stephenie Meyer," and I'm not sure why. I suggested "In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, describes..." Why do I resist having the subordinate clause modify the phrase "by Stephenie Meyer"? Is it because one wants the relative clause to modify the subject (in this case "the book Twilight")? Does this phrase sound weird to others or is it just me?
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I was reading a sentence that went something like, "In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, the author describes vampires in ways characteristic of masochistic literature, especially Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs" (that's not the real sentence but it's pretty close). To me, the subordinate clause "who is a mormon" just feels WEIRD modifying "Stephenie Meyer," and I'm not sure why. I suggested "In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, describes..." Why do I resist having the subordinate clause modify the phrase "by Stephenie Meyer"? Is it because one wants the relative clause to modify the subject (in this case "the book Twilight")? Does this phrase sound weird to others or is it just me?
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I don’t know why it sounds strange to you. It sounds perfectly natural and normal to me. I would find “Stephanie Meyer, a practising Mormon, …” more elegant, but both are completely grammatical to me.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
11 mins ago
Do you feel the same way about the difference between the following two simpler sentences? (1) In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the author describes vampires. (2) In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer describes vampires. If you do, then this question isn't about the parenthetical information at all (or what it modifies) but the base form of the sentence.
– Jason Bassford
9 mins ago
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I was reading a sentence that went something like, "In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, the author describes vampires in ways characteristic of masochistic literature, especially Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs" (that's not the real sentence but it's pretty close). To me, the subordinate clause "who is a mormon" just feels WEIRD modifying "Stephenie Meyer," and I'm not sure why. I suggested "In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, describes..." Why do I resist having the subordinate clause modify the phrase "by Stephenie Meyer"? Is it because one wants the relative clause to modify the subject (in this case "the book Twilight")? Does this phrase sound weird to others or is it just me?
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I was reading a sentence that went something like, "In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, the author describes vampires in ways characteristic of masochistic literature, especially Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs" (that's not the real sentence but it's pretty close). To me, the subordinate clause "who is a mormon" just feels WEIRD modifying "Stephenie Meyer," and I'm not sure why. I suggested "In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer, who is a practicing Mormon, describes..." Why do I resist having the subordinate clause modify the phrase "by Stephenie Meyer"? Is it because one wants the relative clause to modify the subject (in this case "the book Twilight")? Does this phrase sound weird to others or is it just me?
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I don’t know why it sounds strange to you. It sounds perfectly natural and normal to me. I would find “Stephanie Meyer, a practising Mormon, …” more elegant, but both are completely grammatical to me.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
11 mins ago
Do you feel the same way about the difference between the following two simpler sentences? (1) In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the author describes vampires. (2) In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer describes vampires. If you do, then this question isn't about the parenthetical information at all (or what it modifies) but the base form of the sentence.
– Jason Bassford
9 mins ago
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I don’t know why it sounds strange to you. It sounds perfectly natural and normal to me. I would find “Stephanie Meyer, a practising Mormon, …” more elegant, but both are completely grammatical to me.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
11 mins ago
Do you feel the same way about the difference between the following two simpler sentences? (1) In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the author describes vampires. (2) In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer describes vampires. If you do, then this question isn't about the parenthetical information at all (or what it modifies) but the base form of the sentence.
– Jason Bassford
9 mins ago
I don’t know why it sounds strange to you. It sounds perfectly natural and normal to me. I would find “Stephanie Meyer, a practising Mormon, …” more elegant, but both are completely grammatical to me.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
11 mins ago
I don’t know why it sounds strange to you. It sounds perfectly natural and normal to me. I would find “Stephanie Meyer, a practising Mormon, …” more elegant, but both are completely grammatical to me.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
11 mins ago
Do you feel the same way about the difference between the following two simpler sentences? (1) In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the author describes vampires. (2) In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer describes vampires. If you do, then this question isn't about the parenthetical information at all (or what it modifies) but the base form of the sentence.
– Jason Bassford
9 mins ago
Do you feel the same way about the difference between the following two simpler sentences? (1) In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the author describes vampires. (2) In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer describes vampires. If you do, then this question isn't about the parenthetical information at all (or what it modifies) but the base form of the sentence.
– Jason Bassford
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I don’t know why it sounds strange to you. It sounds perfectly natural and normal to me. I would find “Stephanie Meyer, a practising Mormon, …” more elegant, but both are completely grammatical to me.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
11 mins ago
Do you feel the same way about the difference between the following two simpler sentences? (1) In the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the author describes vampires. (2) In the book Twilight, the author Stephenie Meyer describes vampires. If you do, then this question isn't about the parenthetical information at all (or what it modifies) but the base form of the sentence.
– Jason Bassford
9 mins ago