Les pronoms relatifs et propositions relatives en anglais

Thèmes abordés

Linguistique, anglais, grammaire, pronom relatif, proposition relative, proposition déterminative, proposition descriptive, cas possessif, complément de verbe

Résumé du document

Les pronoms relatifs et propositions relatives ont divers usages. Ainsi, "my friend who lives in Detroit is a doctor" est une proposition déterminative, tandis que "my husband, who was born in detroit, is a doctor" est une proposition relative descriptive.

Par ailleurs, les pronoms relatifs peuvent être le sujet de la proposition relative : "the person who/that parked their car in front of the shop will be fined". On utilise ici "their" car le genre de la personne n'est pas déterminé.

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[...] Comme il y a this, cela est déjà défini. + certains, plusieurs, la plupart, tous, aucun superlatif . = some, several, almost, all, none superlatif . of whom ( personne ) of which ( chose ) He saw 4 plays of which were by Shakespeare. There were 80 passengers, all of whom were drowned. The buses, most of which were full, didn't stop. He went walking with a group of friend, few of whom were correctly equipped. III/ Remarques complémentaires WHAT = the thing which I can't remember what he said What he said 0 was that we should be careful What I wanted to talk to you about 0 is your new job. [...]

[...] Le prof de mon fils ) Complément d'une préposition ( in, at, of . ) Anglais formel ( AF ) Préposition devant le pronom relatif = whom The man to whom you talked is my son's teacher. Anglais courant ( AF préposition rejeté à la fin + 0 The man 0 you talked to is my son's teacher. AF : the doctor from whom I got this medecine AC : the doctor 0 I got this medecine from. Pronom relatif au cas possessif whose immédiatement suivi du nom The man whose wife works with me is a town councile. [...]

[...] Récap de dont Notre patron dont nous avons le soutien our boss whose support we have La maladie dont il est mort the disease of which he died ou the disease 0 he died of. Notre agence dont les résultats sont médiocres Our agency whose results are poor. / the results of which are poor. Il possède 5 journaux dont 3 perdent de l'argent He owned 5newspapers of which are losing money. L'agence dont vous ai parlé : the agency you talked me about Il emploie beaucoup de journalistes dont certains ne sont pas bons. [...]

[...] Pronom relatif au cas possessif The goal of the situation is to improve the situation of the unemployed. AF : The decision, the goal of which is to improve the situation of the unemployed. AC : whose + nom immédiatement après The decision, whose goal is to improve the situation of the unemployed. AF The house, the roof of which needs repairs AC The house, whose roof needs repair. Le relatif reprend le bout de phrase : exemple : the goal of the decision. [...]