Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Hegavetwoanswers,bothofwhichwerecorrect.

Thecomedian'sjokes,thefunniestofwhichI hadheardbefore,

wereaboutpolitics.

Shehasthreedaughters,theoldestofwhomis studyingabroad.

Thetopstudents,allofwhomgraduatedwithhonors,received

scholarships.

thebestof

whom

theoldestof

whom

themost

importantof

which,etc.

2.Formalpattern

(a)I havereceivednoresponsefromyourCustomerServiceDepartment,

towhich _

(b) Thepersontowhom calledme

yesterdaywitha joboffer.

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someofwhom

allofwhom

eachofwhich

bothofwhich,

etc.

lliterate:abletoreadandwrite

'i.

,......,......

Nonrestrictive ThecitizensofPuertoRicoarewelleducated.Ninetypercentof#:!em

ofwhom areliterate.I

ThecitizensofPuertoRico,ninetypercentofwhomare

literate,arewelleducated.

<ll1ll^1 11I1~§!j

Nonrestrictive TherearemanydelicioustropicalfruitsinPuertoRico.I havenever

ofwhich tastedmostof#:!embefore.

TherearemanydelicioustropicalfruitsinPuertoRico,mostof

whichI havenevertastedbefore.

Theseadjectiveclausescanfolloweitherthesubjectortheobjectpattern,and

theyarealwaysnonrestrictive;thatis,theyarealwaysusedwithcommas.

Thefollowingexamplesshowyouhowtocombinetwosentencestomakea new

sentencecontaininganadjectiveclausewithanexpressionofquantityorquality.

Noticethattherelativepronounisalwaysofwhomorofwhich.

Relative A relativepronouncanoccurinphrasesofquantityandquality.
Pronounsin
Pbrasesof
Quantityand
QuaUty