RELATIVE CLAUSES
Relative
clauses
A) Different clauses
“The student who loved English came from France.”
→ Where is
the relative clause? "who loved English" What is its antecedent? 'the student"
→ Compare
with:
“The student, who loved English, came from France”.
Which difference(s) do you notice?
B) Different pronouns
1) Subject
or object ?
1. She is the journalist who wrote the story
_S _ _
2.
The girl whom he killed was his wife's daughter._O _ _ _
3.
The language Ø they spoke was
difficult._ __O _ _
4.
The short story which I read was on the blog._ _O _ _ _
2)
which antecedent ?
→ Complete
with : who, whom, which, that , ⃠
a) If the pronouns
are subjects :
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human antecedent
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Ex: the girl who/ that__
was looking for information was young.
EX2: the girl,_who_
spoke English, was brave.
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non-human antecedent
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EX: The words which/ that were scary were uttered by the girl.
EX2: The text, __which
is on the blog,
deals with love.
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b)
if the pronouns are objects :
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human antecedent
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The student that / who/ whom/ ⃠
you heard before is Tim.
NB : The student, who/ whom you heard before, is Tim. (no that, no Ø if it is a non-defining clause )
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non-human antecedent
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The text ___that/ which/ ⃠_______ you read earlier is a tragedy…
The
document, __which____ you
read earlier, is a tragedy.
(non-defining)
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1) whose
Observe: The man,
whose car was sold, should be arrested....We could also write: The man should be arrested :
___HIS___ car was sold
→ What can you infer about “whose”?
possessive meaning
2) , which
We
can go out, which is great news.→ What does “,which” refer to?
It refers to " we can go out"
3) What
They
said what the teacher expected.→ Rephrase “what”?
They said the answer that/ the things that..._______________________________________ the teacher expected
NB: How would you translate “tout ce que”? all that
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