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okay shmoopers, next item down line seven

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of 11 like the convenience store all

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right here let's go and give the

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preamble here and cruising down

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paragraph one two three and that's where

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The institute doesn't just need partners it needs

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experienced partners the description is

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essential to the meaning of the sentence

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when the information that comes after

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award like who is necessary for the

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overall meaning of the sentence a

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restrictive Clause well who doesn't need [sentence underlined]

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a comma before it so sorry

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when essential information comes

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afterward like who it's not set off by a

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comma so get rid of a right we just said

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that if the information weren't

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essential the sentence would need two

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commas so here is e in this case though

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the information is essential even if

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there weren't a comma before whom well [comma crossed out]

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see right there it would be incorrect

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since whom is an object pronoun and who

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is a subject pronoun a good trick for

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testing which is right is putting him in

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place of the pronoun if him works its

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whom and if he works its who in who he

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who yeah that's the secret passcode [man enters door]

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opening our front door but you didn't

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know that

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