What role does the word "which" in the sentence play?
"He was late again, which made his teacher very angry."
Is it like the word "it" as in the sentence "He was late again, it made his teacher very angry."(I think the "it" in this is a pronoun just like "this","he")?
Or, does it play the role of "who" as in "The man, who ruined the world, died yesterday."?
I would appreciate if there were an explanation for this problem.
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AUGdora He was late again, which made his teacher very angry. = He was late again, and that (the fact that he was late again) made his teacher very angry. In other words, 'which' refers to the whole sentence that precedes it.
- AUGdora He was late again, which made his teacher very angry.
- = He was late again, and that (the fact that he was late again) made his teacher very angry.
- In other words, 'which' refers to the whole sentence that precedes it.
- Other examples: Tom spilled coffee all over his shirt, which made him late for work.
- Paul bought 20 gallons of milk in one day, which was very strange.
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AUGdoraHe was late again, which made his teacher very angry.
= He was late again, and that (the fact that he was late again) made his teacher very angry.
In other words, 'which' refers to the whole sentence that precedes it.
Other examples:
Tom spilled coffee all over his shirt, which made him late for work.
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