Grammar May 11th
Relative
clauses
A) Different clauses
“The woman who lived in Salem was accused of witchcraft.”
→ Where is
the relative clause? What is its antecedent?
→ Compare
with:
“The woman, who lived in Salem, was accused of witchcraft”.
Which difference(s) do you notice?
B) Different pronouns
1) Subject
or object ?
1. He is the playwright who wrote the tragedy
______
2.
The girl whom he accused was his niece.______
3.
The problems Ø they could not explain became mysteries.___
4.
The story which I read was on the blog.____
2)
which antecedent ?
→ Complete
with : who, whom, which, that , ⃠
a) If the pronouns
are subjects :
|
human antecedent
|
Ex: the man ________
was one of the judges was Hawthorne's ancestor.
EX2: the girl,______ was not afraid of them, was brave.
|
|
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non-human antecedent
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EX: The words __________ were scary were uttered by the girl.
EX2: The text, ______
is on the blog,
deals with the witch hunt.
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b)
if the pronouns are objects :
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human antecedent
|
The student ____________ ⃠
you saw before is Tom.
NB : The student, ______ you heard before, is Tom. (no that, no Ø if it is a non-defining clause )
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non-human antecedent
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The text_____________ you read earlier is an article…
The
document, _________ you
read earlier, is an article.
(non-defining)
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1) whose
Observe: Tituba,
whose story is disturbing, is a slave....
We could
also write: Tituba is a slave:
_________ story is disturbing.
→ What can you infer about “whose”?
2) , which
We have understood everything, which is great news.→ What does “,which” refer to?
It refers to ________________
3) What
They said what the men wanted to hear.
→ Rephrase “what”?
They
said _____________________ the men wanted to hear.
NB: How
would you translate “tout ce que”? ____________
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