relatives clauses

(from: 英文由F字學起)

今次講帶有 preposition 的 relative clauses。 香港中學的英文課都不教這個，可能是因為它較難掌握吧。而大學生也沒有甚麼機會再學英文文法，所以不少大學畢業生也不懂怎樣寫這類 relative clauses。今次講的也是三集以來最難掌握的。努力練習吧。有時間我會寫些題目給大家練習練習。

短片中用到的例句:

1a. The woman with whom I fell in love is very beautiful. (formal)1b. The woman (who/that/x) I fell in love with is very beautiful. (less formal)

2a. The manner in which Tom behaved at the meeting was unacceptable. (formal)2b. The manner (which/that/x) Tom behaved in at the meeting was unacceptable. (less formal)

3a. The gun with which the victim was shot disappeared. (formal)3b. The gun (which/that/x) the victim was shot with disappeared. (less formal)

4a. Teaching staff shall not have supervisory responsibility over students with whom he/she has had a romantic/sexual relationship. (very formal)4b. Teachers should not supervise students (who/that/x) he/she has slept with.(informal)

寫這些 relative clauses 時有些東西要特別留意的，好像 "look after"，"win over"這樣的 phrasal verbs，就不可以這樣把它們拆開。但十分鐘實在太短。下次再和大家更詳細地解釋吧。

*修正: 謝謝網友 You 提醒，片中 "There's no guidelines upon which decisions can be made" 一句，應為 "There're"。