Its use depends on what follows it, not what precedes it. Remember, you asked.įirst, it doesn't make any difference what kind of construction that follows. As pointed out in comments, but since comments are to be hidden, we hafta start over with formal Answers. Like most questions we get here, the question as asked is based on a number of misconceptions. Reader/listener, to guarantee understanding of the intended antecedent? What’s the rule we should use here, both as writer/speaker and Unerringly identify the antecedent of that.
Rule telling you which is which, you cannot automatically and Verb is in the past tense and isn’t be, then unless they exists a Provided that the verb is in the present tense or that it uses be (because wasĪnd were are distinct in the past tense just as is and are are distinct in the present tense).īut when both 𝒳 and 𝒴 have the same grammatical number, or when the One is singular and the other plural, you can always tell which is intended When the grammatical number of 𝒳 differs from that of 𝒴 so that just Wrong, what approach am I allowed to use to unambiguously refer to the second Personally, I consider the first usage to be the only correct one. Which of the two distinct usages shown above is correct - or incorrect? īut now, apparently, the that in sentence (2) refers instead to the of them from here.īut in this second sentence, the that refers instead to the secondĮlement of the 𝒳-of-𝒴 prepositional phrase because it has a plural verbĪnd so must refer to the plural 𝒴, not to the singular 𝒳:.Phrase here in sentence (1) because only 𝒳 is singular like the verb: Preposition of, one in which it is used to refer to the first noun phraseĪnd other times to the second noun phrase, at least in some writings.įor example, it refers to the first noun in the 𝒳-of-𝒴 prepositional Prepositional phrase connecting two noun phrases 𝒳 and 𝒴 via the It’s worth adding the relative pronouns back to relative clauses in formal writing to make sure readers understand your meaning.I’ve seen those two quite different usages of that following an 𝒳-of-𝒴 These new sentences sound more formal, but still correct. Love is a subject about which Thomas knows nothing.World War II is the era on which I’m focusing.She’s the girl with whom I’m going to the dance.When you put the relative pronouns back, the preposition moves as well. Love is a subject Thomas knows nothing about.Įach of these sentences has a relative clause, but you can’t find it because the pronoun is missing.World War II is the era I’m focusing on.She’s the girl I’m going to the dance with.
When they’re the object of the sentence, you can omit the pronoun - but this often results in a dangling preposition. They begin with relative pronouns (who, whom, that, which) and can function as the subject or object of a sentence. Splitting relative clauses is one of the most common ways to end a sentence with a preposition.
Relative Clauses: Add a Pronoun, Move the Preposition There are specific instances in which you can end a sentence with a preposition in modern writing, and other contexts in which you should avoid these dangling prepositions. Strict grammarians may cringe at these sentences, but ending a preposition is a question of style, not proper grammar.
This is known as a dangling preposition (or a hanging preposition). But sometimes, prepositions find themselves at the end of a sentence. These prepositions all fall within the sentence, not at the end. Tina can’t decide between soda or juice.Examples of prepositions at work include: They can show connections of location, time or ideas. Prepositions form relationships between words (the object of the preposition) and other words in a sentence.
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