Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford guide to english grammar part 54', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PAGE 365 280 The relative pronoun what 278 Which relating to a clause Which can relate to a whole clause not just to a noun. The team has lost all its matches which doesn t surprise me. The fact that the team has lost all its matches doesn t surprise me. Anna and Matthew spent the whole time arguing which annoyed Laura. I get paid a hit more now which means I can afford to run a car. In this pattern the relative clause with which is an adding clause. We normally put a comma before which. We cannot use that or what instead of which in this pattern. 279 Relative adverbs 1 There are relative adverbs where when and why. The house where I used to live has been knocked down. Do you remember the time when we all went to a night club The reason why I can t go is that I don t have time. We use where after nouns like place house street town country. We use when after nouns like time period moment day summer. We use why after reason. NOTE We can use where and when without a noun. Where I used to live has been knocked down. Do you remember when we all went to a night club 2 Instead of a clause with where we can often use one with a preposition. The house that I used to live in has been knocked down. We can leave out when or why or we can use that instead. Do you remember the time that we all went to a night club The reason that I can t go is that I don t have time. 3 Clauses with where and when can be adding or connective clauses. We walked up to the top of the hill where we got a marvellous view. Can t we go next week when I won t be so busy We cannot leave out where or when here and we cannot use that. 280 The relative pronoun what We can use what in this pattern. We d better write a list of what we need to pack. the things that we need to pack I was going to buy a new coat but I couldn t find what I wanted. the thing that I wanted But vhat cannot relate to a noun. NOT the coat what I wanted We can use what in indirect speech. 269 3 I toldyou what we need to pack. We can .
