mercurysmile3  +  56886 Tue, 23 Nov 04 02:01 AM Does anyone know if 'which' can be a subordinate conjunction. This is the context which it is being used in: 'He swallowed a lot new questions which had just occured to him and looked instead at the thousands of narrow boxes piled neatly right to the ceiling." Thanks again! Melissa mercurysmile3 Joined on Sat, Nov 20 2004 New Member 06

	Mister Micawber  +  56923 Tue, 23 Nov 04 05:51 AM Hi Melissa, 'Which' can serve to introduce either restrictive or non-restrictive clauses; it is 'that' that is still restricted to restrictive clauses: 'The question which occurred to him was rhetorical.' 'The rhetorical question, which occurred to him in a dream, was nonsensical.' 'The question that occurred to him was nonsensical.' Your sentence, corrected and punctuated properly: 'He swallowed a lot of new questions which had just occurred to him, and looked instead at the thousands of narrow boxes neatly piled right to the ceiling.' Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,822 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Clauses

	CalifJim  +  56935 Tue, 23 Nov 04 07:32 AM Yes, "which" can be a subordinate conjunction. It is also called a relative pronoun. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,447 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Nouns, Pronouns, Relative Pronouns