SeekerOfPeace Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
A question about whose and relative clauses
0 Would I be correct to say that relative clauses: 02 br
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00 ü 00 00 Are either defining or non-defining 02 br
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00 “She gave me one of the flowers which she was holding.” 02 br
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00 The relative pronoun “which” could be omitted because flowers is the object of the relative clause. 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “The book comes with a CD ROM which includes additional exercises. 02 br
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00 Which cannot be omitted because CD ROM is the subject of the relative clause. 02 br
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00 The two previous sentences are both relative defining clauses. 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “Whichever party wins the election, income tax is likely to rise in the near future.” 02 br
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00 The reason why “whoever” wouldn’t be acceptable, grammatically speaking, is because one out of a limited number of parties will win, thus the use of whichever. 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “He climbed up 00 , from whose peak he could see three countries.” 02 br
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00 I don’t understand why the answer is “from whose” 02 br
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00 According to my book, whose is used to: 02 br
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00 When we talk about something belonging or associated with a person, animal or plant. 02 br
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00 Not the sentence above, 00 is neither a person, an animal or a plant, it’s a mountain. Why is “whose” the correct answer?? 0-
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00 ü 00 00 modify a noun or a pronoun 02 br
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00 ü 00 00 Are either defining or non-defining 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “She gave me one of the flowers which she was holding.” 02 br
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00 The relative pronoun “which” could be omitted because flowers is the object of the relative clause. 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “The book comes with a CD ROM which includes additional exercises. 02 br
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00 Which cannot be omitted because CD ROM is the subject of the relative clause. 02 br
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00 The two previous sentences are both relative defining clauses. 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “Whichever party wins the election, income tax is likely to rise in the near future.” 02 br
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00 The reason why “whoever” wouldn’t be acceptable, grammatically speaking, is because one out of a limited number of parties will win, thus the use of whichever. 02 br
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00 In the following sentence: 02 br
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00 “He climbed up 00 , from whose peak he could see three countries.” 02 br
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00 I don’t understand why the answer is “from whose” 02 br
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00 According to my book, whose is used to: 02 br
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00 When we talk about something belonging or associated with a person, animal or plant. 02 br
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00 Not the sentence above, 00 is neither a person, an animal or a plant, it’s a mountain. Why is “whose” the correct answer?? 0-
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0 If you look at Meriam-Webster Online Dictionary, it defines "whose" as "of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors". 0-
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0 If you look at Meriam-Webster Online Dictionary, it defines "whose" as "of or relating to whom or which especially as possessor or possessors". Since there's only one possessive relative pronoun, it should be used. 0-
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01 cite 10 SeekerOfPeace 12 cite 10 Would I be correct to say that relative clauses: 12 br10 ü 00 modify a noun or a pronoun 01 font 00 Correct, but they can also modify a clause: He didn't say anything, which was a surprise. 02 font 02 b
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