Analyzing the highlighted pronouns in the following clauses:
(1) Children whose parents have a habit of reading become good readers.
(2) The day will come When we will live in peace.
It is possible to observe that, in (1), the relative pronounwhose it indicates a relationship of possession between the antecedent (children) and the term it specifies (parents); in (2), it can be seen, however, that another is the relationship established by the relative pronoun When, that is, this introduces a subordinate clause adjective that specifies a certain time of occurrence for something. Thus, we can infer that the use of relative pronouns it presents a specificity according to the relationship it establishes within the utterance. Let's look at these different uses in this text!
a) That:it can have as its antecedent terms referring to human beings or to any other beings or objects, in the singular or in the plural.
this is the woman what called yesterday.
These are the documents of what I told you.
b) Who:
it makes reference to human beings. Its antecedent may or may not be explicit in the statement.I always think about that boy, the who I got so attached.
Who saves always have!
c) Whose: establishes a relationship of possession between the antecedent and the term it specifies. Its meaning is equivalent to the from who, whose, of what.
Australia is one of the countries whose language is english.
Kids whoseparents have a habit of reading become good readers.
d) Where: is a relative pronoun when, indicating place, it can be replaced by on what. Its antecedent may or may not be explicit in the statement.
I would like to live in a country Where teachers were more valued.
I want to buy a farm Where I can have an orchard.
e) When and how: introduce adjective subordinate clausesthat specify time (when) and mode (how).
the day will come When teachers will have a decent salary.
I can not understand like this exercise must be solved.
f) How much, how many and how many: introduce subordinate clauses adjectives after the Indefinite Pronounsall, all, all.
imagine if everything how much we dreamed if it came true.
pretend that everything how much we passed was a dream.
