You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter loviii Start date Jul 4, Good day! Topic: " which " as a relative determiner relating to the whole main clause. A couple of examples from Wikipedia : 1 Yesterday, I met three men with long beards, which meetings I remember vividly. I cannot literally translate such sentences to my language, but I'm very interested to. That's why I want to invent the scheme that will allow me to do it.
The first book was a terrible historical novel for children which was turned down by every publisher to whom it was sent. Drama in schools is particularly good for pupils for whom English is a second language.
There was only one person to whom the old man spoke. There was only one person who the old man spoke to. She smiled as she remembered the quiet scholar with whom she had shared a love of books. She smiled as she remembered the quiet scholar who she had shared a love of books with.
Relative pronouns: who. We usually use whose as a relative pronoun to indicate possession by people and animals. In more formal styles we can also use it for things.
There was me and there was Kate , whose party it was, and then there were two other people. It is a rambling Tudor house , whose sitting room looks out over a wonderful walled garden. The sitting room of the house looks out over …. Kate , whose sister I used to share a house with, has gone to work in Australia.
We can put the preposition immediately before the relative pronoun more formal written styles or at the end of the relative clause more informal. We use which in relative clauses to refer to animals and to things. We use it to introduce defining and non-defining relative clauses. We always use which to introduce relative clauses when they refer to a whole sentence or clause:.
You need to tick the box which says yes. We use which or that , not what :. Which can act as the subject or the object of the relative clause:.
The new sports complex , which will be built on the site of the old power station, will provide facilities for cricket, soccer, bowls and badminton. It was the same picture which I saw at the National Gallery. Early in the Autumn Term there is a reception at which you can meet current staff and students.
Close by, in the churchyard, is the famous Rudston stone , from which the village takes its name. We can put the preposition immediately before the relative pronoun more formal or at the end of the relative clause more informal. The title of the poem indicates that the poet knows himself to be separated from the community in which he grew up.
Relative clauses referring to a whole sentence are always introduced by which :. Which is much more important. We use that instead of who, whom or which in relative clauses to refer to people, animals and things. We use it to introduce defining clauses only. That is more informal than who, whom or which :. We met somebody last night that did the speech therapy course two years after you. The 8. She blamed herself for everything that had happened.
In informal styles, we often leave out the relative pronoun. We only do this in defining relative clauses, and when the relative pronoun is the object of the verb. Sir James , whose birthday is on February 26, plans to lay on a big party. In defining relative clauses, we can also leave out the relative pronoun when it is the complement of a preposition. When we do this, we always put the preposition at the end of the relative clause:.
She was at the garden party which I was telling you about. In informal language, we often use where , when or why to introduce defining relative clauses instead of at which , on which or for which.
I know a restaurant where the food is excellent. Do you know the reason why the shop is closed today? It gives me a good chance to improve my Italian, which has become a little bit rusty.
Not: It gives me a good chance to improve my Italian, that has become a little bit rusty. So, he can make himself easily understood in the two languages, which helps a lot. Not: So, he can make himself easily understood in the two languages, what helps a lot. Relative pronouns: that. Outsets and onsets! Relative pronouns.
See also: Relative clauses: defining and non-defining Relative clauses referring to a whole sentence. Subjects and objects. Who with collective groups of people. See also: Relative pronouns: whom. It is much more common in writing than in speaking: The response of those managers whom I have consulted has been very positive and we are looking forward to meeting together.
See also: Relative pronouns: who. Relative pronouns: which. Which referring to a whole sentence. That after superlatives. Relative pronouns: w hen , where and why. See also: Relative pronouns: that.
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American definition and synonyms of which from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. They include what , whatever , who , whoever , when , and whenever. These determine the exact quantity of the nouns they precede. Reference :. Aarts, B. Oxford modern English grammar. Jake Magnum. What Is a Determiner? Interrogative Determiners, Relative Determiners, and More.
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