Tham khảo tài liệu 'preposition ò place 10', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 140 Relative structures with whose what and it A Whose Vicky What I d really like is a job in television. Daniel The other day I met a man whose sister works in television. Vicky Who What s her name Daniel Oh I don t know. She s the woman whose car Tom crashed into. Here whose sister means his sister the sister of the man Daniel met and whose car means her car the car belonging to the woman . Here are some more examples. Someone whose bicycle had been stolen was reporting it to the police. Wayne Johnson is the man whose goal won the game for United. We use whose mainly with people . someone the man. But sometimes it goes with other nouns. Which is the European country whose economy is growing the fastest Round the corner was a building whose windows were all broken. Melanie was looking after a dog whose leg had been broken in an accident. B What We use the relative pronoun what without a noun in front of it. The shop didn t have what I wanted. the thing that I wanted What we saw gave us quite a shock. the thing that we saw We can also use what to give emphasis to a word or phrase to make it more important. Compare these examples. NEUTRAL Rachel s stereo kept me awake. Vicky is looking for a job in television. I want to make a fresh start. They booked a holiday together. EMPHATIC What kept me awake was Rachel s stereo. What Vicky is looking for is a job in television. What I want to do is make a fresh start. What they did was book a holiday together. C It We also use it be a relative clause to give emphasis. NEUTRAL Tom had an accident. The computer gives me a headache. I m eating chocolate cake. Mike s uncle died on Thursday. EMPHATIC It was Tom who had an accident not David . It s the computer that gives me a headache. It s chocolate cake that I m eating. It was on Thursday that Mike s uncle died. We must put in a pronoun when it is the subject of the relative clause . who had an accident . If it is the object . that I m eating then we can leave it out .
