CHPTR 14 Flashcards
Relative pronouns do not introduce…
questions. They always refer to a noun or a noun phrase. For example, a relative pronoun is not used in a question like, “Whose eyes sparkled in the moon light?” The word “whose” in this example is an interrogative pronoun.
The relative pronouns in English are…
“who,” “whom,” “that,” “which,” and “whose.”
A relative clause is the relative…
pronoun and the clause it introduces. “The teacher who has a halo around his head teaches Greek.”
A relative pronoun introduces a clause that can_____ a noun.
Modify.
“The teacher, whom the students love, won the teacher of year award.”
Consider “Whom” introduces the clause “the students love” and modifies the noun “teacher”;
The Pronoun “Who” is used for…
masculine and feminine concepts.
The Pronoun “Which” is used for
for neuter concepts.
“Whose” often refers to…
Humans, but generally speaking it is accepted for nonhumans as well (e.g., I sold the car whose color made me ill. I love the girl whose eyes sparkle in the moonlight).
In the sentence: “The glass that broke was my favorite.
“That” introduces…
the clause “broke” and modifies the noun “glass.”
A relative clause can also perform many of the same functions as…
nouns and adjectives.
Example of a relative clause performing the same action as the subject…
(“ WHOEVER is with me is not against me”),
Example of a relative clause performing the same action as the Direct Object …
direct object (“I eat WHAT is placed before me ”),
Example of a relative clause performing the same action as the Object of a Preposition
(“give the Bible to whoever asks for it ”).
Characteristics of Relative Pronouns The number and gender of a relative pronoun are the same as its…
Antecedent.
You can see how looking for the antecedent will help check your translations and make them accurate.
The case of the relative pronoun is determined by…
its function in the relative clause, not in the sentence.
Relative clauses can also function as the subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, etc. In other words…
they can perform almost any function that a noun can.
