ملخص الدرس / الثالثة متوسط/اللغة الإنجليزية/File 3/“who” and “which”
Relative clauses using the relative pronouns: "who" and 'which"
⇒ "Who" and "which" are relative pronouns. "Who" refers to people and "wich" refers to things and animals.
eg: Our class today is about a famous Maghrebin scholar who invented modern sociology. ("who" refers to: "a famous Maghrebin scholar".)
His parents died during an epidemic of the plague which hit Tunis in 1348-1349. ("which" refers to: "an epidemic of the plague".)
⇒ I can use relative pronouns to combine clauses whithout repeating information.
Clause1: His parents died during an epidemic of the plague
Clause2: an epidemic of the plague hit Tunis in 1348-1349.
Combined: His parents died during an epidemic of the plague which hit Tunis in 1348-1349.