RELATIVE CLAUSE
Hello,
I have a question about relative clauses.
The boy helps me. He is very kind.
Usually, I will combine it as "The boy who helps me is very kind."
But some ask me if "The boy who is very kind helps me" is correct. I have never thought about this problem before. It may sound subjective, but "the boy who is very kind helps me" somehow does not sit well with me. However, I don't know how to explain that to them.
I hope I can get the chance to learn more from you. Thank you very much.
Top answer
The two sentences just mean two different things, that's all. " This means that there is a boy who helps you, with the implication that he habitually does. " hyakuya stars "The boy who is very kind helps me" This means that there is a boy who is very kind.
- The two sentences just mean two different things, that's all.
- " This means that there is a boy who helps you, with the implication that he habitually does.
- " hyakuya stars "The boy who is very kind helps me" This means that there is a boy who is very kind.
- He is the one who helps you, not some other boy.
- You are right that this is a strange thing to say, but it is grammatical and idiomatic.
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The two sentences just mean two different things, that's all.
hyakuya stars"The boy who helps me is very kind."
This means that there is a boy who helps you, with the implication that he habitually does. You think that he is very kind, with the implication that the reason you think he is kind is that he helps you, but there is a better way of expressi
0hyakuya stars"The boy who helps me is very kind." ...
"The boy who is very kind helps me."
In these relative-clause practice exercises, there are almost always two solutions which make sense.
The point is to get the students to create relative clauses so that they can get familiar with the mechanics of that grammatical pattern, which we can assume
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