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utage
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 Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject: relative pronoun |
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Could anyone explain this?
How do you determine the difference between "interrogative pronoun" and "relative pronoun"?
ex: I cannot guess what he was attempting. |
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: relative pronoun |
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| I cannot guess what he was attempting. |
In my earlier post, I said that what could be an interrogative pronoun or a relative pronoun meaning 'the thing which'. I was wrong: what is a relative pronoun in the quoted sentence.
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| How do you determine the difference between "interrogative pronoun" and "relative pronoun"? |
Interrogative pronouns are used in direct and indirect questions as in:
1. Direct question: 'Who is he?' (Who is an interrogative pronoun.)
2. Indirect question: She asked who he was. (Who is an interrogative pronoun.)
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