B10.4 Conclusion
Sentences with relative clauses are difficult to interpret (and produce), especially those
that have embedding, objection deletion (i.e. a zero relative pronoun) and preposition
stranding:
The picture you are talking about was painted by my brother.
Learners (and some native speakers) have trouble with their construction, producing
such errors as ‘The picture you are talking about it was painted by my brother’.
Comments
Activity B10.1: 1 yes; 2 no; 3 yes; 4 no (though who is can be deleted to form a
non-finite clause).
Activity B10.2:
1. nominal
2. relative
3. exclamative
4. nominal: the clause beginning whose is an object that has been fronted. (This is the
first line of the poem ‘Stopping by woods on a snowy evening’ by Robert Frost.)
5. relative
6. relative
Activity B10.3:
main clause: SVPs (the relative clause is part of the predicative)
relative clause: Op (whose essay), S (I), V (sent), Oi (you)
Activity B10.4:
1. This is the answer that/which/--- we’ve been looking for. (or . . . for which . . . )
2. The doctor who cured you is a friend of mine.
3. This is the boy whose mother is a teacher.
4. The book that/which/--- you found belongs to me.
5. I have 50 students, the majority of whom are female.
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