The phrase "a commune that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific commune and providing additional information about it.
Example: "The commune that I visited last summer was known for its vibrant community events and beautiful landscapes."
Alternatives: "a community that" or "a locality that".
Ventimiglia was the seat of a county from the 10th century and later of a commune that fell under Genoese domination.
And of course there is no point in a drama about a commune that is not torn apart with sexual tensions.
She lives in a smart suburb, in some luxury; he is a stallholder in a local market, and lives in a commune that may or may not be gay.
"Mr. Prior will bring new life and work for those who want to live here, and maybe also new children," says Ruedi Schweizer, whose family is part of a commune that works a small farm, runs a small organic-food store and offers mule trekking for tourists.
In 1977 some 1,000 soldiers stormed the family property in Lagos, which Fela had transformed into a commune that he called the Kalakuta Republic.
Each commune exhibits a unique style of wine based on its soil, configuration and microclimate; within that subregional style, vineyards in a commune that share a fence line are known for producing starkly different wines.
Directed by Davis McCallum ("A Bright New Boise"), it explores the true story of a Brooklyn Heights residence transformed in the 1940s by the flamboyant editor George Davis into a bohemian commune that welcomed W.H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten and Gypsy Rose Lee.
The most interesting character is the idealistic Abbie, who argues persuasively for the virtue of the alien society, making it sound like a dreamy commune that has transcended war and dishonesty.
I'd read two of the novels already, one ("Drop City," by T. C. Boyle, the tale of a California hippie commune that pulls up stakes and moves to Alaska) with pleasure and the other ("A Ship Made of Paper," by Scott Spencer, the story of an adulterous interracial love affair) with dismay.
In Watermelon Sugar (1968) is about life in iDEATH, a self-sufficient, complacent commune that is surrounded by "the Forgotten Works," the obsolete remnants of a destroyed civilization.
Komatsu believes that the girl's autobiographical story, about being raised on a rural commune that changes into a sinister cult involved in mind games and child abuse, has all the makings of a bestseller if its style can be improved enough so that it wins a literary prize.
