Wed 22 Apr, 2015 09:35 pm
"You should know everything there is to know about cars."
There are two sentence elements in the above sentence.
1. You should know everything.
2. There is everything to know about cars.
When we combine sentence 1 and 2, we will get...
"You should know everything which there is to know about cars."
If we omit "which" in the above one, finally we can get...
"You should know everything there is to know about cars."
Am I right?
@quirrell,
Hi Quirrell,
You should write simply "You should know everything about cars."
@quirrell,
Yes, when the relative pronoun is the object of the clause, it can be omitted. This is not true when it is the subject of the clause.
@quirrell,
Quote:When we combine sentence 1 and 2, we will get...
"You should know everything which there is to know about cars."
You are right, but your example sentence should read "You should know everything THAT there is to know about cars.".
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