代表物時(shí)多用which,但在帶有下列詞的句子中用that而不用which,這些詞包括當(dāng)先行詞是anything,everything,nothing ,none等不定代詞時(shí),或者是由every,any,all,some,no,little,few,much等修飾時(shí)等,這時(shí)的that常被省略 還有先行詞前有序數(shù)詞或形容詞最高級(jí)修飾時(shí),或先行詞就是序數(shù)詞或最高級(jí)時(shí).以及先行詞中既有人又有物時(shí).還有句中前面有which時(shí),都只能用that
a)在不定代詞,如：anything,nothing,everything,all,much,few,any,little等作先行詞時(shí),只用that,不用which.
All that is needed is a supply of oil.
Finally,the thief handed everything that he had stolen to the police.
b)先行詞有the only,the very,the just修飾時(shí),只用that.
He is the very man that helped the girl out of the water.
c)先行詞為序數(shù)詞(the last)、數(shù)詞、形容詞最高級(jí)時(shí),只用that.
The first English book that I read was "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twin.
d)先行詞既有人,又有物時(shí).
He talked about the teachers and schools that he visited.
e)當(dāng)主句是以who 或which 開(kāi)始的特殊疑問(wèn)句時(shí),用that 以避免重復(fù).
Who is the person that is standing at the gate.
f)關(guān)系代詞在從句中做表語(yǔ)
He is not the man that he used to be.