Relative clause?

That sentence is fine.

Can you explain why there is not a relative clause?

Please show me an example of what you mean.

"through whatever nightmares which were waiting..."

Anonymous Soon we'd climb up into the howling wind, to find our way through whatever nightmares were waiting there.Shouldnt there be a relative clause before "were"?

In my opinion, the clause "whatever nightmares were waiting there" is a statement (not a relative clause) and the object of the preposition "through".

Anonymousthe clause "whatever nightmares were waiting there" is a statement

I don't follow. By most people's definition of "statement" (a complete declarative sentence), that clause is not a statement.

CJ

CalifJimI don't follow. By most people's definition of "statement" (a complete declarative sentence), that clause is not a statement.

I agree, it's not a sentence. Anyway, despite being a clause it 'states' (declares) something. Are clauses 'deprived' of any declarative sense?

AnonymousAre clauses 'deprived' of any declarative sense?

No. Clauses can be declarative, interrogative, or exclamatory. Clauses which are declarative are in such an overwhelming majority that they are hardly ever mentioned as such. It's more usual to point out that a clause is interrogative or exclamatory. "Declarative" is like a default feature of clause