关系代词和关系副词的作用:
先行词指物时, 关系代词用that 或which(在句中作主语或宾语)。
如:China is a country which / that has a large population.
The computer game which/ that he is playing is his favorite.
先行词指人时, 关系代词用(who)作主语或宾语,whom (作宾语),whose (作定语),that (作主语或宾语)。 如:
The man who is mending the machine has been retired.
This is the policeman who/ whom they were talking about yesterday.
I like the girl whose mother is an actor.
注意:下列情况下关系代词只用that 而不用which 或 who。
先行词是指物的不代词,如:all, little, few, much, none, anything, nothing, everything等时。如:I didn’t understand the words all that he said.
先行词由最高级、序数词以及any, very, only, all, no, just 等所修饰。如:This is the most beautiful place that I have been to .
行词既包括人,也包括物。如:They always like to talk about the man and the things that they see on the road.
当主句是以which 或who 开头的特殊疑问句时。如:who is the man that opened up the lab.