By Relative pronouns, Direct questions

Clive wrote:Would you call this a relative clause? I don't know where the pen is. What would you say it relates to?Hi CliveI learned my grammatical terminology as a schoolboy and as far as I can remember most of the terms I learned were applicable to all the languages I studied. There were/are...

Clive wrote:I don't see any of these as relative clauses. They are noun clauses. eg noun clause I read what he wrote.eg relative clause I read the letter which he wrote. Here, which he wrote is relative (ie relates to) the noun 'letter'. I don't see any indirect questions, either. Hi...

A day will come when you will no longer remember my face. when here is a conjunction wordA relative clause is introduced by a relative pronoun. When is not a relative pronoun. consequently, there is no relative clause in the sentence Tell me when you will arrive. yes, the object is a noun...

This is not a mandatory rule. It's something which is often done (thus, to me, optional), per Swan. Which part is not mandatory? I may have misunderstood, but I'm assuming the rule you are referring to is: will cannot be used in a when clause where when is an adverbial conjunction. I...

1 Whoever wins will be expected to take the rest of us for a meal. 2 I don't know who knows the truth. whoever (fused relative pronoun equivalent to he who) has the semantic component no matter who it is or anyone who. The first sentence means: The person who wins, no matter who...

(A knock on the door) Mr. Ko: Who is it? (No answers. Mr. Ko opens the door and finds no one at the door, so he closes it. A little later, he hears another knock on the door.) Mr. Ko: Who is it? (Again, he opens the door and finds no one out there. A minute later he hears yet another...