U3GrammarNon-restrictiveattributiveclauses(1stperiod)Whoishe?*Theman______issittingthereisBradPitt.*Theman______shespeaksisBradPitt.*Theman_____________shespeakstoisBradPitt.who/thattowhomwho/whom/that/-Whoisshe?Cecilia,______tookweight-losspills,nowrealizesthathealthisimportant.Cecilia,_______bodyisslim,stillwantstolosesomeweight.whowhoseDifferences:CommaThenon-restrictiveattributiveclausecanbeleftout.Wecan’tuse“that”init.Wecan’tmisstherelativewords,either.Canyoufindthenon-restrictattributiveclausesinyourreading,

p42,43*I’mtakingweight-losspillscalledFat-Less,whicharequitepopularamongyoungwomenhere.Mymother,

whomyoumetlastyear,keepstellingmenottotakethembecausetheyaredangerous.Thenthedoctorfoundsomeoneinyourcountry,whosenameisLiDong,wasanexactmatchforme.It’sthesameinChina---manypeople,someofwhomarenotoverweightatall,arealwaysgoingondietortakingweight-losspills,whichareoftendangerous.Moreexamples:Hewasveryrudetothecustomofficers,whichofcoursemadethingsevenworse.Theresultoftheexperimentwasverygood,whichwehadn’texpected.Hemissedtheshow,which

wasagreatpity.

Tip1:Here,weknowwecanuse“which”torefertothewholemainclause,andwecan’tuse“that”.Otherexamples:Hehasthreesons,twoofwhomaredoctors.Manypeople,someofwhomareslim,aregoingondiets.Chinahashundredsofislands,thelargestofwhichisTaiwan.Tip2:

Wecanusemost/all/some/both/part+of+whom/whichtoexpressacompleteorpartialquantity.Notice:Wemustuse“that”inthefollowingcases:

1.Theantecedentisall,few,little,much,nothing,anything,none,one,etc.eg:Asweallknow,allthatcanbedonehasbeendone.2.Theantecedentismodifiedbyall,any,every,each,few,little,no,some,etc.eg:Ihavereadallthebooksthatyougaveme.3.Theantecedentismodifiedbyanordinalorsuperlative.eg:Hewasthefirstthatgaveussomeusefuladvice.4.Theantecedentismodifiedbyonly,very,last,etc.eg:HeistheonlypersonthatIwanttotalkto.5.Theantecedentreferstopeopleandthings.eg:Theytalkedofthethingsandpersonsthattheyremembered.6.Asentencebeginswithwhoorwhich.eg:WhichisthecomputerthatIwilloperate?7.Arelativepronounfunctionsaspredicative.eg:Theyarenolonge