Famous quotes about attributive clauses

Many famous quotes and aphorisms in English contain attributive clauses. By reciting these wise words, you can not only learn attributive clauses, but also learn the principles of life. Please enjoy the following famous quotes:

1. He, who knows nothing but pretends to know everything, is indeed a good-for-nothing. Pretending to know nothing will always be a loser.

2. He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody. If a person does not love himself, how can he love others?

3. He laughs best who laughs last.

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4. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. He who never makes mistakes accomplishes nothing.

5. He that can read and meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.

6. He that gains time gains all things. Whoever wins time wins everything.

7. He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes. ─Hamilton The general who makes the fewest mistakes is the best general. ──Hamilton

　8. He who nothing questions, nothing learns. He who asks nothing learns nothing.

9. He that is master of himself will soon be master of others. Only those who can control themselves can control others.

10. He that travels far knows much.

11. He that cannot ask cannot live. If you don’t ask for anything, how can you survive?

12. A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. A friend is someone who knows everything about you and still loves you.

13. All is not gold that glitters. All that glitters is not gold.

14.All’s well that ends well. All’s well that ends well.

15. God helps those who help themselves.

16. Opportunity & luck always shows appreciation for those who are bold in struggling.

17. It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it.

18. Those who make most people happy are the happiest in the world. ─Karl Marx Those who make most people happy are the happiest people in the world. ──Karl Marx

　19. Those who find faults with others often lose their glamor. ─Gorky Those who find faults with others often lose their glamor. ──Golky

　20. He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself. ─Francis Bacon He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself. ─Francis Bacon He conquers twice, who upon victory overcomes himself. ──Francis Bacon

Extended reading

Attributive clause

Attributive clause, a simple sentence followed by a noun or pronoun (antecedent) to modify and qualify , is called an attributive clause. Acts as an attributive component in the main clause. The modified word is called the antecedent. Attributive clauses are different from the case where words are used as attributives. They can usually only be placed after the word being modified (i.e. the antecedent).

Attributive clauses are guided by relative words (relative pronouns, relative adverbs), and relative pronouns and relative adverbs are located at the beginning of the attributive clause.

Definition

Attributive clauses introduced by relative pronouns

The antecedent replaced by the relative pronoun is a noun or pronoun of a person or thing, and serves as the subject in the sentence , object, attributive and other components. When a relative pronoun serves as the subject in an attributive clause, the person and number of the predicate verb of the clause must be consistent with the antecedent.

1) who, whom, that

The antecedents these words replace are people’s nouns or pronouns, and their functions in the clause are as follows:

Is he the man who/that wants to see you?

Is he the man who/that wants to see you?

Is he the man who/that wants to see you? (who/that is the subject in the clause) He is the man whom/ that I saw yesterday.

He is the man whom I saw yesterday. (whom/that serves as the object in the clause)

2) Whose is used to refer to people or things (only used as an attributive, if it refers to things, it can also be interchanged with of which), for example:

They rushed over to help the man whose car had broken down.

Please pass me the book whose (of which) cover is green. Please pass me the book whose (of which) cover is green.

3) which, that

The antecedents they replace are nouns or pronouns of things, which can be used as subjects, objects, etc. in clauses, for example:

A prosperity which / that had never been seen before appears in the countryside. (which / that is the subject in the sentence)

The package which / that you are carrying is about to come unwrapped. The package you are carrying is about to come unwrapped. (which / that serves as the object in the sentence)

Attributive clauses introduced by relative adverbs

The antecedent that the relative adverb can replace is a noun of time, place or reason, which serves as a noun in the clause adverbial.

1) when, where, why

The meaning of relative adverbs when, where, why is equivalent to the "preposition + which" structure, so they are often used interchangeably with the "preposition + which" structure , for example:

There are occasions when (on which) one must yield. There are times when (on which) one must yield.

Beijing is the place where (in which) I was born. Beijing is the place where (in which) I was born.

Is this the reason why (for which) he refused our offer? Is this the reason why (for which) he refused our offer?

2) that replaces relative adverbs

That can be used to replace when, where, why and attributives introduced by "preposition + which" after nouns expressing time, place, method, and reason. Clause, that is often omitted in informal style (not in formal style), for example:

His father died the year (that / when / in which) he was born. His father died the year (that / when / in which) he was born. Died that year.

He is unlikely to find the place (that / where / in which) he lived forty years ago.

Judge relative pronouns and relative adverbs

Method 1: Whether to use relative pronouns or relative adverbs depends entirely on the predicate verb in the clause. If there is no object after the transitive verb, a relative pronoun must be used. For example:

(False) This is the mountain village where I visited last year.

(False) I will never forget the days when I spent in the countryside.

　　　 This is the mountain village (which) I visited last year.

　　　　 I'll never forget the days (which) I spent in the countryside.

< p> It is customary to associate nouns expressing place or time with relative adverbs where and when. The error in these two questions lies in the misuse of relative words.

Method 2: Accurately determine the components of the antecedent in the attributive clause (subject, predicate, object, definite, adverb), and also correctly select the relative pronoun/relative adverb. The antecedent takes the lead in the clause When the antecedent is used as an adverbial in a clause, a relative adverb should be selected.

For example: (Yes) Is this the museum which you visited a few days ago?

(Yes) Is this the museum where the exhibition was held?