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Floydlip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Relative pronoun at the beginning of a sentence.
Dear Community,
I have a question regarding the use of relative pronouns at the beginning of a sentence as well as its effect on the sentence structure. Let me give a practical example:
-What Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college.
-The things that Japanese students learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college.
Is that a correct structure? I am confused as to whether there perhaps should be a reference to the relative pronoun taking a form of another noun in the second part of the sentence. If so, the sentence would be :
-What/The things Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn these things until college.
Alternatively, would it be okay to use both structures in informal context?
Thanks a lot!
Regards, floydlip.
I have a question regarding the use of relative pronouns at the beginning of a sentence as well as its effect on the sentence structure. Let me give a practical example:
-What Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college.
-The things that Japanese students learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college.
Is that a correct structure? I am confused as to whether there perhaps should be a reference to the relative pronoun taking a form of another noun in the second part of the sentence. If so, the sentence would be :
-What/The things Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn these things until college.
Alternatively, would it be okay to use both structures in informal context?
Thanks a lot!
Regards, floydlip.
Top answer
floydlip What Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college. I would not put the comma in. It is an inversion: object, subject, verb.
- floydlip What Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college.
- I would not put the comma in.
- It is an inversion: object, subject, verb.
- The normal pattern is this: English students don't learn what Japanese pupils learn in primary school until college.
- The clause beginning with what is not a relative clause and what is not a relative pronoun.
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floydlipWhat Japanese pupils learn in primary school, English students don't learn until college.I would not put the comma in.
It is an inversion: object, subject, verb.
The normal pattern is this:
English students don't learn what Japanese pupils learn in primary school until college.
The clause beginning with what is n
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Same question cause it says write a sentence using a relative pronoun.I wrote
Who shoes did I find yesterday after lunch.
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