Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   "The car which has its windows rolled down's parked there."
> > 
> >   The subject is 'car', and the verb is very far away from it, and
> > contracted with a completely unrelated word. Feels even more awkward.
> > When contracted, the verb looks like it's related to 'down', but of
> > course it isn't. It's related to 'car'.
> > 

> This should, of course, be written 'The car, which has its windows
> rolled down, is parked there'.
> Now do you see why you can't contract 'is' in this case?

  My point, exactly. :)

  One could think of it as "the rest, of it, is easy" in the same way,
but of course commas are usually not used in these types of short
expressions, while they make sense if you think about it.

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                                                          - Warp

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