Grammar 01

关系代词

引导定语从句的代词叫做关系代词(relative pronoun),关系代词把定语从句和它所修饰的名词或代词(叫做先行词)连接起来，因此它总是位于从句之首(有时前面有介词)。关系代词的选用首先取决于先行词的性质，即先行词是人称的，还是非人称，通俗的说就是表人的还是表物的。  

如：  

1.Here was a server-year-old girl who at the age 19 months  has become deaf and blind.  

2.In the afternoon we will visit the factor which makes minibuses and trucks.

3.I will speak to the person whose company has never accepted women workers.

 关系代词集合：

  who,that,whom,which,whose  

 

缩合关系代词

缩合关系代词(condensed relative pronoun)的形式和功能与关系代词非常相似,关系代词的功能就是作为关联词把定语从句与它所修饰的先行词连接起来，而缩合关系代词则把先行词和关联词(即关系代词)组合成一个词来引导从句。

 如：

 I eat what I like.(缩合关系代词)  

I eat that which I like.(关系代词)

缩合关系代词集合:

who,whom,what,which,whoever,whomever,whatever,whichever

名词可以做名词短语的中心词的前置定语。