Tuesday, 9 February 2016

grammar - ではない in Relative Clauses


I have read in several sources that it is grammatically incorrect to use は (topic particle) in relative clauses. However, I am almost certain that I have seen constructions like the following:




学生ではない男子は今自分で遊んでいる。



Is this technically incorrect? Should it be 学生でない? Or is this は not considered the same particle that is forbidden in relative clauses?




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