Timeline for Clause + which/that
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| Jun 11, 2017 at 14:57 | comment | added | TimR | Chaesar, I wouldn't say that we are "using a complete clause as a noun" when we have a non-defining relative clause refer vaguely back to it or to one of the things it expresses: She is said to have left town in a hurry, which makes me wonder. We don't know if she left town in a hurry, or if I know that she is still in town, and I'm wondering about the reliability of those who say she left. | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 11:33 | comment | added | BillJ | Non-defining relative clauses like the one in your example can have virtually anything as antecedent, not just noun phrases, | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 11:11 | comment | added | Chaesar Ibrani | Thanks BillJ, but can an adjective/adjectives have a relative clause? Is there any reference regarding this rule? I thought relative pronoun and relative clause only referred to a noun, noun phrase and object pronoun. | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 7:12 | comment | added | BillJ | I'd say that "which" refers to "overconfident". We understand that her overconfidence will erase her anxiety (whatever that means!) | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 4:11 | history | edited | user230 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 11, 2017 at 3:33 | answer | added | Luke Sawczak | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 11, 2017 at 2:04 | history | edited | Chaesar Ibrani | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 11, 2017 at 1:59 | history | asked | Chaesar Ibrani | CC BY-SA 3.0 |