Relative caluse

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. Thank you very much for your application which we received today.

  2. Thank you very much for your application we received today.

  3. Thank you very much for your application, which we received today.

  4. Thank you very much for your application as a support manager which
    we received today.

  5. Thank you very much for your application as a support manager we received today.

  6. Thank you very much for your application as a support manager, which
    we received today.

Which of these sentences are correct?Why?

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Where are these sentences from? Who wrote them and why?[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEFL listening lectures: A lecture by a professor of Art[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Torsten, thanks for the reply.

As I am trying to learn the language, I would like to clarify my doubts.Those sentences reflect some of my doubts on relative clauses.

I appreciate your help.

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Have a look at this:

english-test.net/lessons/21/index.html

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Hi Logatharshini, please read the piece Alan wrote and referenced in his post above. By creating all these sentences without any context you confuse yourself more than you should.[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEFL listening lectures: Why do the Lascaux cave paintings probably not qualify as graffiti?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Thanks, Torsten and Alan.

Alan, in the following sentences, “which” refers to what:

a) Thank you very much for your application as a support manager, which we received today.

b) Thank you very much for your application as a support manager which we received today.

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The application - but ‘as a support manager’ is odd. It seems that they are already a support manager when they write the application. I suggest ‘…for your application for the position of support manager’

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Thanks.