- Maya is sister of dhara who is doctor.
- Maya is sister of dhara, who is doctor.
In both statements who is used for which person???
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Sign up to join this communityIn both statements who is used for which person???
The relative pronoun, who, should refer directly to the antecedent. Note the position of the commas.
Maya, who is the sister of Dhara, is a doctor.
Maya [who has a sister called Dhara] is a doctorMaya is the sister of Dhara who is a doctor
Maya has a sister (Dhara) who is a doctor
Maya is the sister of Dhara who is a doctor. --> Maya is a doctor here.
Maya is a sister of Dhara, who is a doctor. --> Dhara is a doctor in this case.
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. I know nothing about that usage, so I'm unable to answer with any authority. (Otherwise, I'd say that both sentences are ungrammatical.) In the version without a comma, who specifically modifies Dhara. In the version with a comma, it's ambiguous—but, everything being equal, the assumption is that it modifies the closest noun: Dhara. – Jason Bassford Feb 13 '19 at 1:58