relative pronouns and apposition - ''The chef's specialty is mushroom soup, a dish which he is famous for''

[jasokav69]

''The chef's specialty is mushroom soup, a dish which he is famous for''

If we remove the relative pronoun, it would be an appositive. If we remove ''a dish'' it would be a relative pronoun.

So grammatically speaking, if we have both, which one is it. A relative clause or an apposition. How would we explain this to someone?

Thanks!

Jason

 

[emsr2d2]

"The chef's specialty is mushroom soup, a dish which he is famous for."

If we remove the relative pronoun, it would be an appositive. If we remove "a dish", it would be a relative pronoun.

So grammatically speaking, if we have both, which one is it - a relative clause or an apposition? How would we explain this to someone?

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When you say "Which one is it?", what does "it" refer to? Initially, I thought you meant "a dish which he is famous for" but that can't be the case because you've suggested removing either "which" or "a dish". Whichever one you remove, you're not left with "a dish which he is famous for".

 

[Piscean]

Also asked here: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/relative-clause-vs-apposition.4046500/

 

[Rover_KE]

@jasokav69,

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