Question

Read the two sentences below and explain how the punctuation changes the meaning of each.

Artisans who made beads in ancient Egypt wound thin strings of molten glass around a removable clay core.

Artisans, who made beads in ancient Egypt, wound thin strings of molten glass around a removable clay core.

Answer 1

the first sentence seems more descriptive in saying that it was the ones who made beads while the second sentence uses the commas to show that it is a definition, not a specification