Good evening, Chris, these are thought-provoking questions you have asked, and here is my opinion backed up by data from authoritative sources. 1. The possibility of tell filling the slot of talk in the example sentence seems questionable at

After talking it out with some fellow teachers and looking some terms up...we're still a little unsure about our conclusions. Any clarifications would be greatly appreciated! "I'm going to talk about Ichiro Suzuki." (Starting out

Right, "Edward" is not the antecedent of "that". Keep in mind that the word "that" is not used as a demonstrative pronoun in the sentence. It is used as a relative pronoun.

Thank you so much for replying my question Mr Yankee ! Refers back to report... is this means that "report" would be the antecedent of relative pronoun of "that" and not Edward? as i never come accorss yet with two antecedent

Hi Cute572 The word "that" is a relative pronoun in your sentence. It refers back to "report" and it introduces a defining relative clause . The word "he" is the subject of the clause.

Welcome to EF, badgrammar! I hope you'll soon be able to change your screen name to Good Grammar. It is correct to use the possessive form whose as a relative pronoun whenever a possessive form is needed: This house, whose windows are shut,

Hi chattt, Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Sorry your post slipped thru the cracks. Everything you say is correct. When you ask if the sentence is "true," do you mean "is it correct?" Yes, it's correct.

Cuto should be capitalized if it's the name of your cat. I think your explanation about who and which are applicable to relative pronouns in many contexts. In your dialog who is an interrogative pronoun, and which would be wrong. Who is fine.

In my terminology what is a relative pronoun which is inclusive of the antecedent in your sentence. A leading figure in the Scottish enlightenment, Adam Smith's two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx's Das Kapital is to

Words --- yes! I was focused upon whether 'are' could be used for the relative pronoun 'what.' It is, isn't it, when 'what' means more than one entity? Hiro