Additional
information relative clauses (2)
(a)
Предлоги + whom
/ which
В частях с 'дополнительной
информацией' вы можете употреблять предлоги перед словами
whom
(о людях) и which
(о вещах), то есть
вы можете сказать to
whom, with
whom,
about
which, for
which и т.д.:
- Mr.
Carter, to whom
I spoke on the phone last night, is
very interested in our plan.
-
Fortunately we had a map, without
which we would
have got lost.
Однако в разговорном английском
мы часто ставим предлог после глагола в уточняющей части
предложения. Когда мы так делаем, то обычно употребляем
who
(а не 'whom'):
- This
is Mr. Carter, who
I was telling you about.
- Yesterday
we visited the city museum, which
I'd never been to
before.
(b)
All
of /
most of и т.д. + whom
/ which
Рассмотрите пример:
- Jack
has three brothers, all of
whom are married.
-
Ann has a lot of books, most
of which she hasn't
read.
Вы также можете сказать:
none
of/many
of/much
of/(a)
few of/
some
of/any
of/half
of/each
of/
both
of/neither
of/either
of/
one
of/two
of и т.д.
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+ whom
(люди)
+ which
(предметы)
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-
He tried on three jackets, none
of which fitted
him.
-
Two men, neither
of whom I had
seen before, came into my office.
с)
Which
(но не 'what')
Рассмотрите пример:
-
Jim passed his driving test, which
surprised everybody.
В этом примере which
= тот факт, что он прошел тест по вождению. Нельзя употреблять
what
вместо which
в таких предложениях:
-
She couldn't come to the party, which
was a pity.
(а не 'what was a pity')
-
The weather was very good, which
we hadn't expected.
(а не 'what we hadn't
expected')
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