By Nouns, Relative pronouns

Hi, If Harrison isnt playing (which he isn't) I think Colts aren't gonna win. Is which is a relative pronoun? Yes.Which doesn't have to refer a particular thing,right? It has to refer to something, but it does not have to be a noun. eg it can be a clause.If it has to, where does...

If Harrison isnt playing (which he isn't) I think Colts aren't gonna win. Is which is a relative pronoun?Which doesn't have to refer a particular thing,right? If it has to, where does which refer? Finally, can I write this with commas? If Harrison isnt playing, which he isn't,...

Hi,I would like to share with you the way I was taught to test a purpose clause to determine whether it is adverbial or adjectival (relative).Here it is for you to review to see if that teaching is off base:If we look at a noun in the main clause and can insert a relative pronoun right after it...

Do existed in Old English more than a thousand years ago as a regular verb and meant to cause. It is impossible to say who introduced it to English. It's use as an auxiliary in questions and negations was established in Shakespeare's day when it was correct to say bothI know not himandI...

.Leaving out 'which is' any time is dangerous, because it is more often used for non-restrictive clauses than restrictive clauses, and non-restrictive clauses to not permit zero-that/whichIn restrictive clauses, the relative pronouns that and which (+ be) can be omitted if no confusion in...

Nora, of all the candidates who are running, is the best. Is "of all the candidates who are running" an appositive or some sort of strange relative/adjective clause. I think that it is not an adjective clause, because a relative pronoun is not found at the beginning of the phrase. Any help...

Velimir wrote:Hello everybody, I have two questions about the word "where" . 1.I've been told that "where" in the following sentence is a pronoun by its form : Where did you get to? And the explanation is that in possible answer like: I got to page 4. it stands for the noun phrase "page 4". If...

Hi I have a few questions. What's the difference in meaning between these two sentences: 1. I shall be bringing Ben with me when I visit you on Friday, if that's all right. 2. I shall bring Ben with me when I visit you on Friday, if that's all right. Does the phrase I'm thinking of going...

It is estimated that during the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico, adding to the strain on the country’s debt-ridden economy.In a participial clause beginning with a present participle, the participle can be used instead of a relative pronoun and an...

Anonymous wrote:I'd really appreciate your reply to my first letter. But in the sentence: "The news that he won surprised us all." that he won- is the noun clause;according to one of the website on the Internet. In the sentence "The fact that the earth is round is obvious." that the earth is...