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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Relative clause
Hello,
1. He is a psychologist who works as a counsellor.
The pronoun 'WHO' in the above sentence stands for "he" or " psychologist"?
2. I admire your belief. You are always right.
I have to use a pronoun and combine the sentences using relative clause.
I admire your belief which is always right. (Is this correct?)
3. We are going to a place where it is warm in winter.
Could any one check it for me?
Thanks.
1. He is a psychologist who works as a counsellor.
The pronoun 'WHO' in the above sentence stands for "he" or " psychologist"?
2. I admire your belief. You are always right.
I have to use a pronoun and combine the sentences using relative clause.
I admire your belief which is always right. (Is this correct?)
3. We are going to a place where it is warm in winter.
Could any one check it for me?
Thanks.
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hanuman_2000 1. The pronoun 'WHO' in the above sentence stands for "he" or " psychologist"? "
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hanuman_20001. He is a psychologist who works as a counsellor.The pronoun 'WHO' in the above sentence stands for "he" or " psychologist"?Both, as "a psychologist" is a complement of "He" in the clause "He is a psychologist."
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1. I interpret it as referring to "psychologist". If it referred to "he" (which is a theoretically possible but in this case highly unusual interpretation) then the meaning would be as "He who is a psychologist works as a counsellor", an old-fashioned-sounding (almost Biblical-sounding) phrasing implying that all psychologists are counsellors.
2. It needs a comma after "belief", but it do
2. It needs a comma after "belief", but it do
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GPY then the meaning would be as "He who is a psychologist works as a counsellor", an old-fashioned-sounding (almost Biblical-sounding) phrasing implying that all psychologists are counsellors.But putting "a psychologist" in apposition makes it quite a modern sounding, namely "He, a psychologist, works as a counsellor."
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hanuman_20001. He is a psychologist who works as a counsellor.The pronoun 'WHO' in the above sentence stands for "he" or " psychologist"?"stands for" is not a precise expression. You may be speaking of 'reference', but I think you are looking for the 'antecedent'.
The (grammatical) antecedent of 'who' is 'a psychologist', but 'he', 'a psychol
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