Combining Sentences with Relative Pronouns: subject, object #2
©2012 Edward G. Rozycki, Ed.D.
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edited 2/16/12
Inputs: John, see, man, is reading, a book -->
Output a. John sees a man. The man is reading a book.
Output b. John sees a man; he is reading a book.
Output c. John sees the man who is reading a book.
Output d. A man is reading a book; John sees him.
Output e. The man whom John sees is reading a book.
TRY THE PROBLEMS FIRST! READ THEORY LATER!*
1.They, will meet, people, come, to the party -->
a._________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________
2. We, don't know, anyone, can play -->
a._________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________
3. They, don't see, anyone, can play basketball -->
a._________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________
ANSWERS
1.They, will meet, people, come, to the party -->
a._________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________
2. We, don't know, anyone, can play -->
a._________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________
3. They, don't see, anyone, can play basketball -->
a._________________________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________________________
d._________________________________________________________________
e._________________________________________________________________
*CAN'T HANDLE THE ERRORS? LOOK UP: definite, indefinite articles; punctuation; restrictive, non-restrictive clauses.
NOTES: The transforms can be done rather mechanically. You often don't need to know the meanings of the words. An interesting thing to investigate, however, is whether the meaning of the intial sentence is preserved through the transformations. Sometimes it is; other times, not. Why? Discover for yourself.