‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen. III. Relative Clauses Look at these sentences (a) All morning Lencho — who knew his fields intimately — looked at the sky.
(b) The woman, who was preparing supper , replied, “Yes, God willing.’’ The italicised parts of the sentences give us more information about Lencho and the woman. We call them relative clauses . Notice that they begin with a relative pronoun who . Other common relative pronouns are whom , whose , and which .
The relative clauses in (a) and (b) above are called non-defining , because we already know the identity of the person they describe. Lencho is a particular person, and there is a particular woman he speaks to. We don’t need the information in the relative clause to pick these people out from a larger set. A non-defining relative clause usually has a comma in front of it and a comma after it (some writers use a dash (—) instead, as in the story).
If the relative clause comes at the end, we just put a full stop. Join the sentences given below using who , whom , whose , which , as suggested. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India.
( which ) My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. ( who ) B – a feeling that something good will probably happen – thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.) – stopped believing that this good thing would happen – wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible) – showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite – wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely A Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so.
I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t