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Danilagid Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Relative Pronoun as Cs?

Hello

I was reading Leech's English Grammar For Today, and I realised he says relative pronouns can only function as S, O or A. But I don't understand what would happen in sentences such as the one below. What would the function of the relative pronouns in bold be? Because I think it should be a Cs, but it wouldn't be possible according to what I have just read...

He's not (the person [?(who/that) S(he) P(used to be)]).

Thanks a lot!!
  

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Danilagid Hello I was reading Leech's English Grammar For Today, and I realised he says relative pronouns can only function as S, O or A. But I don't understand what would happen in sentences such as the one below. What would the function of the relative pronouns in bold be?

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  • Danilagid Hello I was reading Leech's English Grammar For Today, and I realised he says relative pronouns can only function as S, O or A.
  • But I don't understand what would happen in sentences such as the one below.
  • What would the function of the relative pronouns in bold be?
  • Because I think it should be a Cs, but it wouldn't be possible according to what I have just read...
  • (who/that) S(he) P(used to be)]).
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DanilagidHello
I was reading Leech's English Grammar For Today, and I realised he says relative pronouns can only function as S, O or A. But I don't understand what would happen in sentences such as the one below. What would the function of the relative pronouns in bold be? Because I think it should be a Cs, but it wouldn't be possible according to what I have just re
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DanilagidHello
I was reading Leech's English Grammar For Today, and I realised he says relative pronouns can only function as S, O or A. But I don't understand what would happen in sentences such as the one below. What would the function of the relative pronouns in bold be? Because I think it should be a Cs, but it wouldn't be possible according to what I have just re
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I'm aware of the fact it is referring to the head of the NP; however, I need to know the function of the word in the RCl...

Thanks anyway!
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Hi there! That's exactly the problem. I think 'used to be' is a copulative verb, but I read in Leech's English Grammar for Today that relative pronouns can be S, O or A, he never mentioned the possibility of them being a C. Then what would happen in RCls with copulative verbs? What would the function of the relative pronoun be if it cannot be a C? or can it?

Thanks a lot! I'm going to ask
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DanilagidI think it should be a C
Yes, it should. The list S, O, or A is not a complete list.

CJ
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That's exactly what my teacher told me. Thanks a lot!
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