Relative Clauses
Study the relative clauses in the following sentences and see if you can
tell the differences between relative clauses that refer back to similar nouns/
noun phrases.
- They love their present house, which they bought last year.
- The house which they sold to an American couple last year was
still in very good conditions.
- Right below us is San Francisco, where we first met.
- San Francisco is a city where romantic stories often take place.
- He just took a driving test which will make it impossible for him
to go to sleep tonight.
- This is David's first driving test, which he has been preparing for
since half a year ago.
- He failed his driving test, which must be discouraging.
- In my opinion, Wall Street Journal is the most respected financial
magazine, which sells over a million copies each issue.
- Could you get me a financial magazine which has the longest history?
- She reads financial publications, which is unusual for a 15-year-old.
- The manager should decide who should take up his work when he is on
leave.
- The manager should select those officers whom he authorizes to sign
on his behalf.
- The manager should select those officers who he desires should sign
on his behalf.
- There has been some argument about who should be authorized to sign
on the manager's behalf.
- The one person about whom many people have reservations is really
new here.