RE: reduced relative clause: -ing form vs. which

["Robert Heizman" <rheizman -at- vjt -dot- com>]

Hi Yves,

I have to admit, I don't know what a reduced relative clause is, but these seem to be two different, but correct ways of saying the same thing.

At least that's my grammatical opinion.

FWIW

:)

Bob


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Subject: reduced relative clause: -ing form vs. which

Hi again group

Which do you prefer and why:

[a] A custom map is a ZIP file containing the following...

[b] A custom map is a ZIP file which contains the following...

Am I right in thinking that "a" is a âreduced relative clauseâ, which is incorrect in this particular example?

Thanks

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Yves Barbion
www.scripto.nu

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