Prepositions in Relative Clauses Flashcards
In formal, we always use NOUN+OF WHICH, not which of or that.
After some words, we use OF WHICH, or OF WHOSE.
Both, all, each, many, most, neither, none, part, some, a number (one, two…the first…) and superlatives.
A huge amount of oil was spilled, the effects of which are still being felt.
The school of which she is head is closing.
Lotta was able to switch between German and Russian, both of which she spoke fluently.
In formal, preposition come first of WHOSE.
Informal, WHOSE….preposition.
I now turn to Freud, from whose work the following quotation is taken.
Informal: …whose work the following quotation is taken from.
WHICH or WHOM.
Formal: preposition comes first.
Informal: preposition at the end.
After a preposition, we use WHOM (not who) or WHICH (not that).
The rate at which a material heats up depends on its chemical composition.
There are 80 teachers in the Physics department, among whom are 24 professors.
The playground wasn’t used by the children who it was built for.
If the verb is a composition with a preposition, we don’t put the preposition before the relative pronoun.
come across, fill in, look after, take on.
With a three-word verb, only in very formal the preposition is put before the relative pronoun.
The Roman coins, which a farmer came across in a field, are now on display in the National Museum.
She is one of the few people to whom I look up. (….people who I look up to).
