In Noun phrases^x, Relative pronouns^x

Thanks Katsudon! Is it also possible when a relative pronoun is followed by a noun phrase? For instance, "That is my brother John you think used to go out with your sister Mary."

Hello Jack The rules for relative adverb clauses are almost the same as for relative pronoun clauses. If no comma precedes 'where', the 'where' clause modifies the antecedent noun phrase restrictively. Your sentence is parsed as follows; "Much of industry is concerned with { (where perhaps...

Either your terminology or your understanding is a bit confused, Mystery. 'That' is not always considered one of the relative pronouns (who, what, which), but when it is, it is simultaneously serving as a subordinating conjunction. In 'I didn't know that a business like this needs much...

Hi, Malory. 1. "Preserving rare and valuable books and documents is one of the challenges FACING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS." The construction in capital letters is a participial clause (present participial); it functions as post modifier of "challenges". It is what's also called a "reduced...

Who, whom and whose are relative pronouns. Who and whom are used for persons. They introduce relative clauses postmodifying the head of a noun phrase, and they are identical in form with interrogative pronouns but function differently. Who: nominative form. "The student who failed the test was...

Hi, this is my first post to the group. I’ve just pasted information from Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage. To be quite frank, I don’t really understand these definitions fully but I hope the information is useful to you. So, regarding the words 1 Than 2 that 1 Than is normally used to...