1. Lisa wore the shoes which she bought in Italy.
What is the meaning of 'which' here?
2. It rained all night, which did the garden good.
What is the meaning of 'which' here?
'Which' is a relative pronoun in both your sentences. You can look it up in any online dictionary. CB
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'Which' is a relative pronoun in both your sentences. You can look it up in any online dictionary.
CB
1. Lisa wore the shoes which she bought in Italy.
2. It rained all night, which did the garden good.
"Which" is a relative pronoun. It is anaphoric to "shoes" in 1. and to "it rained all night" in 2.
In the relative clauses, "which" functions in 1. as direct object of "bought", and in 2. as subject.