Separating a clause introduced with "such that" by commas [closed]
Consider the following sentence:
A whatsit such that the condition doodah is fulfilled is called a doodah whatsit.
I am wondering about the placement of commata. Should I add two commata to separate the "such that"-clause?
A whatsit, such that the condition doodah is fulfilled, is called a doodah whatsit.
What somehow justifies this is that we can rearrange the sentence to read:
A whatsit is called a doodah whatsit, if the condition doodah is fulfilled.
Suggesting that we have two clauses that should be separated by a comma. But putting a comma before "such that" as in the second sentence looks strange to me.
So, would you place a comma or not? Or is it optional? Or maybe just a single comma before "is"?
This is a restrictive clause and as such does not get commas.
Your case with the if-clause is a different grammatical structure because the clause does not directly modify the subject.