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grammaire anglaise > conjonctions > where
proposition (SVO) + whereconjonction + proposition (SVO)
wherepronom relatif wherepronom indéterminé
The Guardian Society 1 p. 13 21.6.2006
Ne pas confondre where conjonction, qui relie deux propositions (SVO), avec where pronom relatif.
Dans l'énoncé suivant, le segment introduit par le relatif where contribue à déterminer le GN antécédent the site.
Ce segment est une relative déterminative : where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God.
L'ensemble Nantécédent + pronomrelatif + proposition (s) forme un GN complexe :
the site where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God
A shopkeeper running a small souvenir business in Nazareth has made a sensational discovery that could dramatically rewrite the history of Christianity. Jonathan Cook reports
Elias Shama's small souvenir shop in Nazareth, the town of Jesus's childhood, barely catches the eye. Tourists usually pass by it on their way to the neighbouring Mary's Well church, claimed by the Greek Orthodox church as the site where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God. Is this where Jesus bathed?, G, 22.10.2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1067930,00.html
On retrouve la même formation dans la publicité ci-dessus, avec le GN complexe A family friendly city where no child is left behind.
Where conjonction relie deux propositions :
SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra where [ where n'a pas ici de fonction nominale, il s'agit d'une conjonction qui opère un lien / une jonction sémantique entre deux propositions ] they battled hundreds of guerrillas in the first step of a drive to take back all of Iraq's rebel-held areas by year's end.. U.S., Iraqi Forces Tighten
Grip on Samarra, R, Sun Oct 3, 2004 06:01 AM ET,
Where pronom indéterminé / non relatif :
"It's up to the international community to put pressure on the warlords," says Mohmodzai. "It should ask them, for example, where they get their money from. They all own several Land Cruisers worth $45,000 each, but no one asks them how they can afford them."
Guns
still call the shots in Afghanistan, G / Weekly Review, 2004,
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