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Wed 18 Nov, 2009 11:06 pm
Please examine this sentence and tell me if “which” is a pronoun, and whether in this case it takes a singular or plural verb form (ie “make” or makes”)
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Tim Ryan
While working in this control room, guiding which camera shots and video make it into a newscast, Bob began to feel bad, then worse.
@timryan,
Adjective
Bob would probably
decide which shots make it, rather than
guide them, by the way.
@roger,
"Which" as used here is a pronoun functioning as the subject of a relative clause.
The eight English relative pronouns are:
1. who
2. whom
3. that
4. which
5. whose
6. when
7. where
8. why
I would say that "which" is a relative adjective, not pronoun.
@George,
George wrote:I would say that "which" is a relative adjective, not pronoun.
That is another name for a relative pronoun used in an adjectival clause.
@contrex,
The way I learned it,
I know
what she wants. -- relative pronoun
I know
what words she wants to hear. -- relative adjective
His job was to determine
which should be used. -- relative pronoun
His job was to determine
which camera should be used. -- relative adjective
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