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A clause used to join two sentences together, or to provide more information about something.
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What is the meaning of 'in which' here?
[1] the hideous way [(in) which she treated her maid] after she discovered her ring was missing.
[2] the hideous way [which she treated her maid (in)] after she discovered her ring was missing.
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"This is the city where I lived" or "This is the city I lived"?
(a) This the city where I lived. (b) * This is the city I lived.
Only (a) is correct. For this sense of the verb “live”, either a relative word is required in adjunct function as in (a), or the p …
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Can we omit "who is" in relative clauses? (noun + noun)
I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston,
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No, you've got it wrong. This is not a relative clause construction, but one of apposition.
The noun phrase “the son of …
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the usage of "for which"
The State's justification for excluding all women from "citizen
soldier" training [for which some are qualified ____], in any event, does not
rank as "exceedingly persuasive".
"For which" is …
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relative clause serving as subject or object
I learned so much more from books than I ever got out of the things
that they taught me at school.
"That" is not actually a relative word, but a subordinator -- it plays no other role in the r …
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Part of the relative clause
The injury [which all surgeons thought [ ____ was incurable]] took away the
victims life.
The constituent in outer brackets is the relative clause.
The relative pronoun "which" functions as su …
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Use of Defining Clauses
There are two men by the gate who keep a watch on it.
It's perfectly OK. The PP "by the gate" modifies "men" and hence is part of the nominal serving as antecedent for "who".
Note that it is al …
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Is this a reduced-relative clause
The books [available for borrowing in this library] do not interest us.
No, the bracketed element is not a reduced relative clause; in fact it's not a clause at all but an adjective phrase modify …
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From where?can be replaced with From which?
[1] The post office from where I sent you the package is down the street.
[2] The post office from which I sent you the package is down the street.
Yes, you can. There's little to choose be …
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Can I write relative clauses modifying whole sentences without "which"?
My friends didn't come to the reunion, [infuriating me].
The storm dumped heavy downpours in this town, [causing many injuries].
No: the bracketed elements are not relative clauses, though t …
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is it grammatical to say "what happened that..."?
A typical example might be
What happened [that you are looking so worried]?
No: it's not a relative construction at all.
The bracketed expression is a declarative content clause functioning as an ad …
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Using Which Not Where
I have to say that my favourite place in the world is the village
where I was born. I've travelled all over the world but it's still the
place which I love most.
The difference is that in integrated …
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How is a relative clause reduced to " fertile ground in which to grow"?
There is little likelihood of new ideas finding fertile ground [in
which to grow].
No, "in which they grow" would change the meaning to one that wouldn't make much sense here.
"In which to grow" is …
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Is "of that" a relative phrase？
No: "that" is a determiner functioning as a fused determiner-head in NP structure.
Relative phrases are only of the wh type.
Note in any case that relative "that" is a subordinator, not a relative pro …
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is 'we shall wage' in the following sentence a relative clause?
On the results of the survey depends the extent and the type of
campaign [we shall wage].
Yes, it's a relative clause. Since it's an integrated (defining) one, no comma is required, as shown.
It's n …
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