By Noun phrases, Relative pronouns

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...

Anonymous wrote:1. The news that he won surprised us all. (Noun clause?)2. The news which we received last month was unbelievable.3. It is a fact that the earth is round.4. The fact that the earth is round is weel well-known. Hi Sothy Sin, #1 and #2 relative pronoun clauses are of adjectival...

"33.6 Though the relative and interrogative pronouns and adverbs beginning with wh are identical in form, it is possible in most cases to tell whether a clause is relative or interrogative. What is relative in 'I insist on paying what it has cost,' but interrogative in 'I insist on knowing...

The only rule for these preposition + relative pronoun phrases of which I am aware is that they are reserved for formal contexts.

"I've come across the term "adjective appositive" and "adverb appositive" a few times, and I'm just wondering if this is widely-used. Is it an incorrect description of a construction that should be called something else? I'm asking this because I always see appositives defined as nouns (or noun...

I've come across the term "adjective appositive" and "adverb appositive" a few times, and I'm just wondering if this is widely-used. Is it an incorrect description of a construction that should be called something else? I'm asking this because I always see appositives defined as nouns (or noun...

The police questioned every person who lived in the neighbourhood. The police questioned every person = coordinate clause. 'questioned' here is finite verb. 'The police' = subject 'every person' = object, and noun phrase 'every' = adjective (noun qualifier) 'who lived in the...

Hello ZeyaraunI don't think the insertion of commas is a good way. "A molecule with a distinct shape" as a whole is a complex noun phrase to mean a specific molecule. If you change it into "a molecule, with a distinct shape, ", the meaning would differ from that of the original phrase (To me...

1. Datagram: package of information containing the origin and destination addresses which is transferred on a network. (What is 'which' referring to here? Is it 'information' or 'package'? How do you know?) "Which" here refers to "package of information..." "Which" could refer to information;...

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." Katsu: Yes, I think it may well be dropped in casual speech, Infinity. But one thing to remember is that in fast...