Cameroon GCE A-Level English Language Practice Questions - Cameroon General Certificate Of Education Advanced Level English Language (Subject Code 0730) Exam

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Consider the following two sentences: I. 'The candidates who arrived late were disqualified from the examination.' II. 'The candidates, who arrived late, were disqualified from the examination.' What is the precise semantic and syntactic distinction between sentence I and sentence II?

Sentence I contains a restrictive relative clause indicating only a subset of candidates were late, whereas sentence II contains a non-restrictive clause indicating all candidates were late. Sentence I contains a non-restrictive relative clause indicating all candidates were late, whereas sentence II restricts the late arrivals to a subset. Sentence I is grammatically flawed due to the omission of commas, while sentence II is the only standard structure. Both sentences convey identical semantic propositions and differ solely in stylistic punctuation preference.

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Sentence I contains a restrictive relative clause indicating only a subset of candidates were late, whereas sentence II contains a non-restrictive clause indicating all candidates were late.

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