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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Relative clause with 'which'

What can't we place in front of 'which' in relative clauses?

We can use prepositions functioning adverbially:

a. He studied at university, after/during which he had a job in finance.
b. This is the house, in which he lived.
c. This is the mountain, on which he placed his flag.
d. He loved his pit bull, without which he would feel unsafe.
e. He loved his daughter, without whom he would have little else.

We can use coordinating subjunctives (connectors):

f. The elephant hesitates, in response to which Andrew strikes it with the bull hook.

g. He found a new apartment, as a result of which, he moved out of his parent's place.
h. He no longer loved his wife, because of which he filed for divorce.

Can we join any two sentences with the expression '__ which' if the antecedent of 'which' is adjacent to the relative clause?
  
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