THAT - how to use it

Defining relative clauses

THAT - is possible after: all, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, those

Everyone that (who) knew him liked him.
Nobody that wathced the match will ever forget it.

THAT - zastępuje whom lub całkowiecie wypada kiedy jest przyimek na końcu

the man (that) I spoke to

THAT - w wyrażeniach it+be+rzeczownik+zdanie przydawkowe określające

It's the manager that we want to see.
it was wine that we ordered.


Non - defining relative clauses

THAT nie jest możliwe

I've invited Ann, who lives in the next flat.
i passed the letter to Peter, who was sitting beside me.
She gave me this jumper, which she knitted herself.

Defining vs. non-defining clauses

The traveller who knew about the floods, took another road.
The travellers, who knew about the floods, took another road.

Zaimek THAT jest używany wyłącznie w zdaniach ograniczających.

Kiedy mówimy o osobach istnieje tendencja, żeby raczej używać WHO niż THAT.


what = relative pronoun
which = connective relative

He said he had no money, which was not true.

which must refer to a word or group of words in the preceding sentence.

what does not refer back to anything

When she sees what you have done, she'll be furious.