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[GIU] Relative Clauses 5: Extra Informations + whom/which

by 김대리 2016. 8. 16.

UNIT94
Relative Clauses 5:
Extra Information Clauses (2)

A. Prepositions + whom/which
whom(for people)과 which(for things) 전에 전치사를 사용할 수 있다. to whom/ with whom/ about which/ without which, etc.:

Mr.Lee, to whom I spoke at the presentation, is interested in our business.
Fortunately we had a map, without which we would have gotten lost.

​without which 해석이 잘 안되어 인터넷에서 예시 문장을 하나 찾아 첨부해 둠.
Knowing who the reader provides the writer with a context without which it is difficult to know exactly what or how to write.


​위 문장은 다음 두 문장의 결합임. 참고.
-> Knowing who the reader provides the writer with a context.
It is difficult to know exactly what or how to write without a context.



회화에서는 주로 관계사절의 동사 다음에 전치사를 둔다. 이 때, 사람에 대해 who(not whom)를 사용한다.
This is my friend from Spain, who I was telling you about.
Yesterday I went to the beach with my father, which I'd never been to before.

B. All of/ most of, etc. + whom/ which
Jungyoon has two sisters. All of them are married. (2 sentences)
Jungyoon has two sisters, all of whom are married. (1 sentence)

They asked me a lot of questions about my girlfriend. I couldn't answer most of them. (2 sentences)
They asked me a lot of questions about my girlfriend, most of which I couldn't answer. (1 sentence)

none of/ neither of/ any of/ either of/ some of/ many of/ much of/ (a) few of/ both of/ half of/ each of/ one of/ two of (etc.)
+ whom(people), which(things)

Sofia tasted some food, none of which satisfy her taste.
Two women, neither of whom I had never seen before, came into the stage.
They have three houses, two of which they rarely use.
Kong has a lot of friends, many of who she went to school with.

이렇게도 말할 수 있다.
the cause of which/ the name of which, etc.:

I stayed at a beautiful hotel, the name of which I can't remember now.
The car was destroyed in a fire, the cause of which was never established.

C. Which(not what)
Jang has a girlfriend. This surprised everybody. (2 sentences)
Jang has a girlfriend which surprised everybody. (1 sentence)
여기에서 which이하는 관계사절

위의 예에서 which= the fact of that he has a girlfriend. 여자친구가 있다는 사실을 말한다. 문장안에서 which는 아래와 같이 사용하여야 함.

Suenghyun couldn't meet us, which was a shame. (not what was a shame)
The weather was good, which we hadn't expected. (not what we hadn't expected)