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Jamez101 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Relative clauses
What is a relative clause?
Also need help analysing these relative clauses:
The suit that he was supposed to mend is ruined.
I wish I knew whose parcels were delivered by mistake.
I'd like those shoes which I saw yesterday.
She's the lady to whom I gave the keys.
The relative clauses in the examples above are adjectival in use: they qualify the nouns suit, parcels, shoes and lady. (what makes them adjectival? and what does qualify the nouns mean?) But relative pronouns can also work without antecedents when they introduce relative clauses that act as nouns: (what does this mean?)
She thinks she can do whatever she likes.
I think I know whose mistake it was.
They couldn't care less about what I think.
Thanks in advance.
Also need help analysing these relative clauses:
The suit that he was supposed to mend is ruined.
I wish I knew whose parcels were delivered by mistake.
I'd like those shoes which I saw yesterday.
She's the lady to whom I gave the keys.
The relative clauses in the examples above are adjectival in use: they qualify the nouns suit, parcels, shoes and lady. (what makes them adjectival? and what does qualify the nouns mean?) But relative pronouns can also work without antecedents when they introduce relative clauses that act as nouns: (what does this mean?)
She thinks she can do whatever she likes.
I think I know whose mistake it was.
They couldn't care less about what I think.
Thanks in advance.
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I have since worked out that a relative clause is an adjectival clause. So that said what are the adjectives in the examples above? Are they ruined?
- I have since worked out that a relative clause is an adjectival clause.
- So that said what are the adjectives in the examples above?
- Are they ruined?
- mistake?
- saw?
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I have since worked out that a relative clause is an adjectival clause.
So that said what are the adjectives in the examples above? Are they ruined? mistake? saw? and gave?
I have also worked out that qualify the nouns means to describe them. And antecedents means name? like Judy or tulips for example? So I understand that pronouns can work without antecedents now.
But
So that said what are the adjectives in the examples above? Are they ruined? mistake? saw? and gave?
I have also worked out that qualify the nouns means to describe them. And antecedents means name? like Judy or tulips for example? So I understand that pronouns can work without antecedents now.
But
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