In Literature^x, Relative pronouns^x

if you call this a relative clause, then the clause is relative to . . . what?Much of the literature on the topic says where is both the antecedent and the relative pronoun all in one. That's why it's often called "fused". I know the place in/at which the pen is. = I know where the pen...

At Yahoo: "the thing what they want" 133 hits and most of them are from: "... thing. What they want ..." "thing that they want" 9,310 hits thus forget about the first. Also, at Google, a search in online literature with: site:literaturepost.com "thing what they want" did...

The conjunction and shouldn't be combined with a relative pronoun. Oh this is a new info for me! In fact, what I quoted was Lafcadio Hearn's lecture on literature course at Tokyo University around 1900. This is exactly what he said: "The highest ought to be one that treats of ethical...

I'd like to thank all those who gave their answers. I don't think there are right or wrong answers - and it certainly isn't for me to say what is acceptable and what isn't. For those who are interested in a nonnative speaker's comments, I'll provide some. 1. Susan is a...