Is the use of 'when' as a relative pronoun common? ... since when more than half the academic staff have changed.' This is a peculiar modern British barbarism, unknown in AmE. Has been discussed here before. I'd say "since

Is the use of 'when' as a relative pronoun common? This sentence strikes me as being a little unusual. I ... 'The university did badly in the 1996 research assessment exercise, since when more than half the academic staff have

Is the use of 'when' as a relative pronoun common? This sentence strikes me as being a little unusual. I would have used 'which', but 'since which' still sounds peculiar to me. Any suggestions? Perhaps replace the relative

} Hello all, Hello back at you. } I'm a non-native speaker of English and am wondering } what grammatical explanations are behind such an exression } as } } (1) This is a nice place to live. } } I read in a newsgroup about English writing that

Hello all, I'm a non-native speaker of English and am wondering what grammatical explanations are behind such an exression as (1) This is a nice place to live. I read in a newsgroup about English writing that the relationship between (2) a

" QL was evaluated basing on a specific questionnaire completed by...". The sentence is supposed to be ' QL was evaluated, which was based on a specific questionnaire completed by ... " which as a relative pronoun to represent the whole

"Eric Walker" (Email Removed) wrote on 28 Nov 2003: Here is a paragraph from the (Underground) Grammarian's Less ... William of Occam, we understand how administrators come to be. Thank you for troubling to stalk the wild which in

Here is a paragraph from the (Underground) Grammarian's Less than words can say . The "which" is (now in ... it. Thanks to Carl Sagan and a little help from William of Occam, we understand how administrators come to be. Thank you for

used to While it example, and especially when you ... is never used. Dave Fawthrop I am sorry, Dave, but I beg to differ. The unstressed form of 'that' is certainly used in parts of ... 'never' is too strong a word to use.

In the first example : which = the house , and my uncle built ( the house )( which ), and since it is an object of the verb built. That means this relative pronoun is in the accusative case. The same goes with the second example. Regarding