1) Unless you're Jim Carey or Robin Williams and you have that funny gene, where everything you do is funny.

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWkA1SC_8c

From: 13:28 to 13:37

Is '1' grammatical?
Is it idiomatic?

This is one of those 'where's I have asked about. It doesn't seem to make sense grammatically, but you understand what she means. She's speaking naturally and casually, and speaks pretty well, I'd say.

I think this usage is new and very informal, but it is out there.

What do you think of the sentence?
I put a comma before 'where'. Would you say it is necessary?

Gratefully,
Navi

On 2022-06-11 05:26, arthurvv vart wrote:
> 1) Unless you're Jim Carey or Robin Williams and you have that funny gene, where everything you do is funny.
>
> Source:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWkA1SC_8c
>
> From: 13:28 to 13:37
>
> Is '1' grammatical?
> Is it idiomatic?
>
> This is one of those 'where's I have asked about. It doesn't seem to make sense grammatically, but you understand what she means. She's speaking naturally and casually, and speaks pretty well, I'd say.
>
> I think this usage is new and very informal, but it is out there.
>
> What do you think of the sentence?
> I put a comma before 'where'. Would you say it is necessary?

She is continuing a sentence that was only partially spoken. The
sentence was contrasting comedy with drama, in terms of acting.

Taken as a complete sentence out of context, it is basically a sentence
fragment, but in light of what came before it, it is both understandable
and idiomatic.

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