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�@「数量詞＋前置詞＋関係代名詞WHOM またはWHICH」は不定義の形容詞節に続く。関係代名詞は、コンマの前の名詞を説明している。

One of Titanic’s strength is its full panoply of actors, most of whom distinguish themselves.


�A「前置詞＋関係代名詞」だけの時もあり、OF WHICH 、OF WHOMの関係代名詞は話すときより文書で好まれる形である。

Jack Dawson meets and rescues Rose DeWitt Bukater from an impending marriage about which she is despairing.


時々、数量詞の代わりに名詞が置かれる。

Cameron has directed many famous movies, examples of which are Terminoter1 and 2 and True Lies.


WHOMは人を表し、 WHICHは物・事を表すことを忘れないように。

One of Titanic’s strength is its full panoply of actors, most of whom distinguish themselves.


�B形容詞節のIN WHICH CASEは、節を紹介するために使われる。表現を言い直すときに使える。IN WHICH CASEはIN THAT CASE、 IN THAT SITUATION、 IF THAT IS THE CASE、 IF THAT HAPPENSに変えることもできる。

Rumor has it that lines to get into the movie are long, in which case you should take along a sleeping bag and a picnic lunch.　


�C形容詞句の表現は、主語の無い言葉である。限定詞、限定詞ではない形容詞節の両方は形容詞句に変えることができる。意味をはっきりと断言する時、話し手書き手は言葉の節約をすることができる。

Anyone who is interested in cinema should experience this film.

Anyone interested in cinema should experience this film.


�D形容詞句を形容詞節にする二通りの方法がある。

１・もし形容詞節がBE動詞を含むなら関係代名詞、BE動詞を消すことができる。

I will not be member of that group [that is] responsible for destroying the pleasure of many moviegoers by divulging the secret of what happens to the necklace.

Titanic, [which is] said to have cost at least $200 million to make, is well on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time.

２・もし形容詞節がBE動詞を含まないなら、関係代名詞を消して、動詞を現在分詞に変えることが出来る。

Titanic, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett, is on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Titanic, staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett, is on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time.