通常情况下,当关系代词指代先行词在从句中充当宾语的时候,关系代词可以省略。比如:
①The film (which/that) we saw yesterday is interesting. ②This is the man (whom/that) you just talked to.
问题:
1、是不是关系代词指代先行词在从句中充当主语、定语(whose/of which)是绝对不能省略的?以下两种状况,是不是也不可以省略?
2、是不是关系副词指代先行词在从句中充当状语时,也不可以省略
举例:先行词为reason,关系副词可以用why或者for which
The reason why(for which)he missed the bus was that he got up late.(在这句中,是不是why/for which均不可以省略?)
我也在语法书上看见过关系副词可以省略的状况,譬如还是上面那种,先行词为reason,可以用why或for which,若是口语情境,是不是就是两者都可以省略的?
1. 关系代词作主语时也有省略的状况,一般在嵌入式定语从句中。如:You have raised a question (which) I think is very difficult.
2. 你写的这个句子,好像是依据夸克的句子改写成了She is a very efficient secretary, which none of her predecessors was. 夸克的句子,是为了研究用的,也是他一个人的剖析,甚至不少外国人都不太熟知,其实这个句子现代英语一般非常难见到,大家一般不这么说。其实研究它对中国学生没多大意义。我感觉可以如此理解:为何要用which,不可以who, 由于这个句子的意思是:She is a very efficient secretary, none of her predecessors was a very efficient secretary. 指代作表语的职务,虽然职务指人,但要用which.
3. reason 后的关系代词有省略的现象,我在阅读中见过。尤其是美国新闻里容易见到。