By Nouns, Relative pronouns

I don't have the luxury of being home to do the reasch in privacy. I said it in previous post. WHAT, WHO, WHERE etc are equal relative nouns. If you agree and insist that "what" is a relative pronoun, then we should treat WHO and WHERE, the same. By the same token, then my sentence...

Yes, as far as who is concerned. What is something else. It never has an antecedent as a relative pronoun, neither singular nor plural, nothing, and that's why a singular verb is used with it. This is obvious from the singular that, which occurs in that which, which is sometimes used to...

It seems to me that the relative adverb and the prepositional phrase with the relative pronoun as object (in which) are completely interchangeable here. But "where" is clearly not a conjunction.I think "in which" is more common. I think of "where" in explaining...

I see. I get your point. Grammarians treat what as a relative pronoun that has no antecedent, singular or plural. It is inclusive of the antecedent and can usually be replaced with that which, in which collocation that is the antecedent. That which is not very common and therefore may sound odd...

<<< Goodman, you are changing the pronoun. In your sentence of course make. However, what as a relative pronoun is always singular:>>> And so is who! s what is the difference? No I am not changing anything. I just want to prove a point. The approach to treat "what"...

Of course it disagrees with are because it has nothing to do with it. The subject of makes is the relative pronoun what. According to most dictionaries, Webster's among them, fruit can be used as a collective plural. If are is wrong with it, what plural verb form of to be do you suggest?CB

To which, in which etc.consist of a preposition and a relative pronoun. The preposition is usually determined by a verb, noun or adjective. In informal style the preposition is often placed at the end of the relative clause. Examples:This is the house in which he lives. This is the house you...

That's not what I'm asking.Consider:She is the girl.+The girl said it was wrong. →She is the girl who said it was wrong.When a relative pronoun is used, basically two sentences are combined. Now I wonder if the sentence in question is: It would be hard if not actually senseless to specify...

.These are not prepositions; they are relative pronouns. There is a small gap here in English-- we do not have a non-human possessive relative pronoun. In your sentence, 'whose' is commonly used ('which' alone is not possible). For those grammarians who object, you will have to...

I don't like either sentence; the second one is definitely ungrammatical. Being is most commonly used to indicate a reason in clause equivalents if it occupies initial position:Being tired, I went to bed. (= Because I was tired, I went to bed.)Being has other uses. In your example being...