Relative clauses

Adonica861.The problem is predicting which way she'll turn.

In my opinion, "predicting which way she'll turn" is a gerund phrase, and complements the linking verb.
I think "which" is an adverb here, rather than a pronoun.

I don't know where she will go. "She will go where" is a clause, but "where" is not its subject.

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Adonica86Are these two sentences examples of a restrictive relative clause (1) and a non restrictive relative clause (2), from "which"?

1.The problem is predicting which way she'll turn.

This is NOT a relative construction. The underlined expression is a non-finite subordinate clause functioning as a predicative complement (PC) of "be"

The second sentence has indeed a nonrestrictive relative clause. There is no relative clause in the first sentence as which isn't a relative pronoun in it. Which begins an indirect question in sentence 1. The direct question would be: Which way will she turn? Many European grammarians call which an interrogative pronoun in that context but I think in the Anglo-S

Cool BreezeThe second sentence has indeed a nonrestrictive relative clause.

Hi, CB.
I know you believe in the old fashioned clause with a subject and a verb, because you've said as much.

What do you consider to be the subject and the verb of the nonrestrictive relative clause which you find in the second sentence?

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Hi Avangi

I just got up and was somewhat surprised that there weren't more replies to this thread. I had a good night's sleep after watching Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks on TV.

"The problem is escalating, which I predicted from the start."

In old-fashioned European analysis, which is a relative pronoun which refers to

Thanks. I agree.

I'm on coffee tonight.

Cool BreezeWhich is also the object of predicted.

That's not necessarily the case. When the antecedent is a clause, the interpretation of the relative word is not so straightforward. If we insert the antecedent in the relative clause, two possibilities emerge:

1. "I predicted from the start (that) the problem would escalate". [content clause

BillJ

Cool BreezeWhich is also the object of predicted.

That's not necessarily the case.

In the grammar I use, it is extremely clearly the case.

CB

Cool BreezeIn the grammar I use, it is extremely clearly the case.

But it's really not enough to just say "in the grammar I use ...". That helps no one, EFLs or students in general. They expect answers with reasons. If you understand the grammar that you use, which I'm sure you do, please explain why you see it that way.

BillJ

BillJThey expect answers with reasons.

"The problem is escalating, which I predicted from the start."

I see no other reason than the fact that I is clearly the subject, predicted the finite verb, used transitively, and which is its object. Which cannot obviously be the grammatical subject of the relative clause. What pecul