In Verbs^x, Relative pronouns^x

John is not doing his job as I instructed him to. John does things that his parents don't want him to do . Greetings. Why is it that in the first case you can end the sentence without a do , and in the second case, you have to have a do ? The explanation I heard is that if a sentence contains...

A friend of mine always carries sweets with her and offers them to anyone she feels has been particularly helpful. A friend of mine always carries sweets with her and offers them to anyone who she feels has been particularly helpful. It's one job area a college student can safely bet...

Paco, I don't see either of these as departures from the usual use of the relative pronoun "who", although a relative clause after "I" is certainly poetic, as is the use of "will" (meaning "want") as a main verb. Jim

In Classical Latin the general rule (there were exceptions) was that you could put any word anywhere. Dear Forbes, You may not put conjunctions, prepositions, or relative pronouns anywhere in Latin. There are conventions also for the placing of verbs, nouns and adjectives. Kind...

The analyses of the first and second sentences are correct, but there is a problem with last sentence. "Tom and Mary sat at the back of the room with the self-conscious air of men who suspect that they should be taking part in the nearby drama but who wonder which rule they should play." ...

Thank you so much! So it can be used as a relative pronoun. So in that sentence, "mechanisms" is a subject, "develop" is its main verb, and "every successful species can reconcile its innate ..." is the clause? But what does the relative pronoun "which" refer to, "mechanisms" or...

Relative pronouns 'that/which' and 'who/whom' together with the 'be' verbs of a modifying clause are commonly elided: The man I kicked kicked back. etc.

Hi Zig, and welcome to English Forums. A bit of a mess, eh wot? who says what what anyone says In both clauses, the 'what's are the verb objects, while 'who' and 'anyone' are the subjects. BUT: It doesn't matter who says what It doesn't matter what anyone says The...

1-- 'that' is the restrictive relative pronoun, not a demonstrative. It heads the adverbial clause modifying the verb 'dig' (='understand). 1. Some posts are not so obvious for the new car rider to dig that they are misleading. (So the restrictive relative pronoun of 'that' is referring to...

1-- 'that' is the restrictive relative pronoun, not a demonstrative. It heads the adverbial clause modifying the verb 'dig' (='understand). 2-- I suppose so; the original has some structural problems-- you have miscopied or the original is wrong. 3-- 'them' refers to funerals. 'Price' is...