定语从句中为什么用that不用which?
原因:that常用作关系代词,可指代某人,也可指代某物,指物时有的时候可用which替换that,指人时可用who替换。在下列表示人的情况下,一般用that。
1、that指代某人,泛指某人时。如:
He is a man that is never at a loss.他是一个从未一筹莫展的人。
2、主句是以作主语的who开头的特殊问句,为了避免重复时。如:
Who is the person that is talking with our headmaster?和我们校长说话的那人是谁?
3、先行词前有the same时。如:
This is the same man that gave us a talk last year.这和去年给我们作报告的是同一人。
扩展资料:
除了表示人,其他用that的情况:
1、当定语从句所修饰的词是anything ,nothing, everything 或这个名词也被few, little, some, all,no, much, the very, the only修饰的时候。
例: He wrote down everything that his teacher has said.他记下了所有他的老师说的话。
Tom told me some jokes that he heard from his friend. Tom跟我讲了一些他从朋友那里听来的笑话。
2、当定语从句所修饰的词也被序数词,形容词最高级修饰的时候。例:This is the first gift that my grandmother received from me. 这是我祖母收到的第一份来自我的礼物。
3、当定语从句所修饰的名词是人类和非人类的组合时(严肃脸)。例:
Do you remember that boy and his dog that we met last weekend? 还记得上周末我们见到的那个小男孩和他的狗吗?