Relative pronoun and subject agreement - confusing example
Hello!
I recently came across this example in a PowerPoint for KS2 English concerning relative clauses and relative pronouns.
“I went for a bike ride with Sarah, whose bike is brand new.”
Naturally, the relative pronoun is easy to spot, but the explaination given says that the relative pronoun must relate to the subject of the main clause - which in this case should be “I”, I believe?
I’d greatly appreciate if someone could explain for the grammatical function (and name of!) for the “with Sarah” part of the sentence. Is it some sort of object? Or a different beast entirely?
Thanks in advance!
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casundb the explaination given says that the relative pronoun must relate to the subject of the main clause That is completely incorrect. Consider the following sentence: I have a little cat whose purr could be heard across the room. Who purrs, me or the cat?
- casundb the explaination given says that the relative pronoun must relate to the subject of the main clause That is completely incorrect.
- Consider the following sentence: I have a little cat whose purr could be heard across the room.
- Who purrs, me or the cat?
- " casundb with Sarah That is a prepositional phrase.
- In modern grammars, it is called an adjunct, because it is not necessary to make the sentence grammatically complete.
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casundb the explaination given says that the relative pronoun must relate to the subject of the main clause
That is completely incorrect. Consider the following sentence:
I have a little cat whose purr could be heard across the room.
Who purrs, me or the cat? The subject is "I' and the complement (object) is "cat."
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