關係代名詞

(一)關係代名詞的種類

 (二)關係代名詞的兩種用法

1.限定用法：

是用形容詞子句把其先行詞限定於某一個特殊型態。關係代名詞兼具連接詞和代名詞的作用。

I like the girl who is honest and diligent.

2.補述用法：

用以補充說明先行詞。

Then he met Tom, who (=and he) invited him to a party.

⊙who, which可用在限定用法或補述用法中，that只用於限定用法。

(三)關係代名詞的用法要點

關係代名詞須和先行詞的「人稱」與「人數」一致，但和先行詞的格無關。

I know the man who is standing there.

I was spoken to by a foreigner whom I didn’t know.

(四)關係代名詞的個別用法

1.who, whose, whom

(1)who, whom只用於人；whose用於人和非人。

(2)關係代名詞所引導子句中的插入語。

This is the girl who I believe was the nurse of the hospital.

cf.

I picked up a man who I thought was honest(T thought是插入語)

I picked up a man whom I thought to be honest

(3)擬人化。

He has a dog who always gives me a welcome.

（非擬人化時用which或that）