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21 Jun 2015, 12:58
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Need help to understand the reason for omitting the use of Subordinate Conjunction in Subordinate Clause
Source "The Economist", Dec 13, Page 11 - Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress unveiled a $1 trillion budget bill they have crafted to keep most of the government running until September 2015.
Shouldn't "they" be preceded by "that" or "which"? If not, why?
Source "The Economist", Dec 13, Page 11 - Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress unveiled a $1 trillion budget bill they have crafted to keep most of the government running until September 2015.
Shouldn't "they" be preceded by "that" or "which"? If not, why?
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21 Jun 2015, 20:29
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sandeepmanocha
Neither of these are needed. The sentence is concise as is.
It is clear beyond doubt that we are talking about a "bill" that "they have crafted to keep most of..."
Say, if we insert "that", the sentence becomes "budget bill that they have crafted...". Here, "that" becomes a relative pronoun that is restrictive in nature and will modify the noun immediately before it, "budget" in this case.
But the sentence, even without "that" was talking about "bill" anyway. So usage of "that" becomes redundant.
Now, say we insert "which", the sentence becomes "Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress unveiled a $1 trillion budget bill, which they...". Here, everything after "which" is rendered non-essential. That is how "which" relative pronoun works! So, in this case, we know that the "leaders unveiled a bill" but no idea if "they crafted to keep most of the government running until September 2015".
24 Jun 2015, 04:00
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sandeepmanocha
When relative pronoun is the object of a restrictive adjective clause, it can be omitted:
The book that I bought yesterday is fantastic --> The book I bought yesterday is fantastic
