Apart from specifying elements of the main phrase, a
relative clause can also specify an idea of a main clause
or be it a group of words.
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Let's have a look at an example |
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Sie haben das
Projekt beendet, was
sich als eine schlechte Idee erwies. |
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| = They have terminated the project which
turned out to be a bad idea. |
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The relative pronoun which
(was) does not refer
to a noun, but to the meaning of the main phrase they
have terminated the project. The German relative
pronoun in these cases is was.
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Sie haben
das Projekt aufgegeben, was
sich als schlechte
Idee erwies. |
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