Parentetiske sætninger - uvigtige --> ekstra oplysning ( Kan undelades)
Definerende sætninger - vigtig --> Nødvendig oplysning ( kan ikke udelades)
Ordet hvis udtrykker: Ejefald
Ordet som og der udtrykker: Alt andet
Who - personer (grundled)
Which - ting
Whose - ejefald
Whom - personer (objekt)
That - om alt, men kun i definerende sætninger (sætninger som der ikke kan undlades)
The soldiers that were asleep got shot ( den som lå og sov , dem som der var vågne slap væk) Definerende sætning
The soldiers, who were asleep, got shot ( alle soldaterne lå og sov, og derfor blev alle skudt)
Øvelse 6
1. The idea that I had yesterday, wasn't as good after all. definerende
2. Simon who attends my class, doesn't have curly hair. Simon that lives in number 12, does. Begge er definerende.
3. President Clinton, who is todays guest of honor, is standing and talking to Hilary, who is his wife, and a man, that I am not familiar with. De to første er parentetiske , dernæst er den sidste definerende.
4. The ball, that Jonathan lost in school, had been very expensive. Definerende
But he still has the blue one, which I bought for him in France. Parentetisk
5. Hamlet, which (parentetisk) I saw last year, was a much better play that(definerende) we saw last tuesday.
6. I don't believe in that those people whose life is only about work, are very happy. ( definerende)
7. Have you heard that the tree men, who robbed the bank the day before yesterday, have been found in that house, whose owner lives in England. ( begge definerende)