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by nisagl750 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:40 pm
Cars come in many colors, which can be very cool or very ugly.

In the above sentence, WHICH modifies Cars or Colors? I am confused, Can anyone please correct this sentence?

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by adthedaddy » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:50 pm
"Which" modifies the noun which immediately preceeds the comma; in this case "colors".
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by nisagl750 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:57 pm
But, isn't the use of "which" ambiguous in this sentence?
Is this sentence correct?

Can we write,

Cars, which come in many colors, can be very cool or very ugly?
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by vk_vinayak » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:03 am
[email protected] wrote: Can we write,

Cars, which come in many colors, can be very cool or very ugly?
Yes, this construction is correct.
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by nisagl750 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:06 am
vk_vinayak wrote:
[email protected] wrote: Can we write,

Cars, which come in many colors, can be very cool or very ugly?
Yes, this construction is correct.
What about 1st sentence, Is it also correct?
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:48 am
[email protected] wrote:
vk_vinayak wrote:
[email protected] wrote: Can we write,

Cars, which come in many colors, can be very cool or very ugly?
Yes, this construction is correct.
What about 1st sentence, Is it also correct?
In my opinion, both the sentences are grammatically correct. However, they differ in meaning.

Cars come in many colors, which can be very cool or very ugly.
This statement means that Cars come in many colors. Colors can be very cool or ugly.

Cars, which come in many colors, can be very cool or very ugly.
This statement means that Cars can be very cool or ugly irrespective of its colors and cars come in many colors.

Hope it helps. :)
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by nisagl750 » Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:24 am
Thanks Pranay
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