Question

Here I was,in an awkward situation that could become an incident of racial prejudice为什么that

怎么解释是that ，不是which

Answer 1

    句中的situation 是先行名词，that 指代先行词引导定语从句，由于situation没有受到序数词、不定代词或形容词最高级的限定，因此也可以用关系代词 which引导。不同点在于 that 常用于口语，which常用于书面语could become an incident of racial prejudice。

 

   假如在从句中添加指代 situation的人称代词 it作主语，使其变成如下的同位语从句：

 

• Here I was in an awkward situation that it could become an incident of racial prejudice.

 

   同位语从句的 that 属于引导名词性从句的连接词，这样就不可以用引导定语从句的关系代词which 了。

Answer 2

用that 和which都可以。因为先行词没有被那些特殊的词修饰所以这两个都可以。