Relative pronouns.

1.Relative pronouns (who, whose, which, that, as) not only point back to a noun or a pronoun mentioned before but also have conjunctive power. They introduce attributive clauses. The word they refer to is called their antecedent. It may be a noun or a pronoun.

Who is used in reference to human beings or animals.

Jolyon bit his lips; he whohad always hated rows almost welcomed the

thought of one now. (Galsworthy)

...in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, whohad

never known the man speak in such way before. (London)

Whose is mainly used in reference to human beings or animals butit may be applied to things.

Then there was the proud Rychie Korbes, whosefather, Mynheer van Korbes,

was one of the leading men of Amsterdam. (Dodge)

Again he (Soames) looked at her (Irene), huddled like a bird that is shot and

dying, whosepoor breast you see panting as the air is taken from it, whose

poor eyes look at you who have shot it, with a slow, soft, unseeing look...

(Galsworthy)

...he (superintendent) wore a stiff standing-collar whoseupper edge almost

reached his ears, and whosesharp points curved forward abreast the corners

of his mouth... (Twain)

Which is used in reference to things and animals.

Here was her own style — a bed whichdid not look like one and many

mirrors. (Galsworthy)

They strove to steal a dog — the fattest, whichwas very thin — but I shoved

my pistol in their faces and told them begone. (London)

That is mainly used in reference to animals and things. It may also be used in reference to human beings.

This... gave him much the same feeling a man has when a dog thathe owns

wriggles and looks at him. (Galsworthy)

On one side was a low wall thatseparated it from the street. (London)

In the factory quarter, doors were opening everywhere, and he was soon one

of a multitude thatpressed onward through the dark. (London)

As usually introduces attributive clauses when the demonstrative pronoun such is used in the principal clause (it is a rare case when’as is used without such in the principal clause).

As may refer to living beings and things.

...perhaps the books were right and there were many such asshe (Ruth) in the

upper walks of life. (London)

His mother was a poor peasant woman, too poor even to think of such a thing

asbuying skates for her little ones. (Dodge)

For nobody’s ever heard me say as it wasn’t lucky for my children to have

aunts and uncles ascan live independent. (Eliot)

...I went into Snow Park. It wasn’t asone expects a municipal park to be...

(Braine)

2. Relative pronouns can also refer to a clause (see Chapter XVII, The Complex Sentence, § 8).

Relative pronouns always perform some syntactical function in the clause they introduce.

Gemma, there’s a man downstairs whowants to see you. (Vovnich)

(SUBJECT)

She flashed a look at him thatwas more anger than appeal. (London)

(SUBJECT)

...then discussion assumed that random volubility whichsoftens a decision

already forced on one. (Galsworthy) (SUBJECT)

I think I have taken nothing thatyou or your people have given me.

(Galsworthy) (OBJECT)

Families often think it due to themselves to turn their back on newcomers,

whomthey may not think quite enough for them. (Shaw) (OBJECT)

It pleased Denny to exert the full force of his irony upon the work whichthey

were doing. (Cronin) (OBJECT)

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