Express both relatives, or omit the conjunction, or leave out both connective and relative.
Exercise.
Rewrite the following examples according to the direction just given:—
[Sidenote: And who.]
1. Hester bestowed
all her means on wretches less miserable than
herself, and who not
unfrequently insulted the hand that fed
them.—HAWTHORNE.
2. With an albatross
perched on his shoulder, and who might be
introduced to the congregation
as the immediate organ of his
conversion.—DE
QUINCEY.
3. After this came Elizabeth herself, then in the full glow of what in a sovereign was called beauty, and who would in the lowest walk of life have been truly judged to possess a noble figure.—SCOTT.
4. This was a gentleman,
once a great favorite of M. le Conte,
and in whom I myself
was not a little interested.—THACKERAY.
[Sidenote: But who.]
5. Yonder woman
was the wife of a certain learned man, English by
name, but who had long
dwelt in Amsterdam.—HAWTHORNE.
6. Dr. Ferguson
considered him as a man of a powerful capacity,
but whose mind was thrown
off its just bias.—SCOTT.
[Sidenote: Or who.]
7. “What knight so craven, then,” exclaims the chivalrous Venetian, “that he would not have been more than a match for the stoutest adversary; or who would not have lost his life a thousand times sooner than return dishonored by the lady of his love?”—PRESCOTT.
[Sidenote: And which.]
8. There are peculiar
quavers still to be heard in that church,
and which may even be
heard a mile off.—IRVING.
9. The old British
tongue was replaced by a debased Latin, like
that spoken in the towns,
and in which inscriptions are found in
the western counties.—PEARSON.
10. I shall have
complete copies, one of signal interest, and
which has never been
described.—MOTLEY.
[Sidenote: But which.]
11. “A mockery,
indeed, but in which the soul trifled with
itself!”—HAWTHORNE.
12. I saw upon
the left a scene far different, but which yet the
power of dreams had
reconciled into harmony.—DE QUINCEY.
[Sidenote: Or which.]
13. He accounted the fair-spoken courtesy, which the Scotch had learned, either from imitation of their frequent allies, the French, or which might have arisen from their own proud and reserved character, as a false and astucious mark, etc.—SCOTT.
[Sidenote: That ... and which, etc.]
420. Akin to the above is another fault, which is likewise a variation from the best usage. Two different relatives are sometimes found referring back to the same antecedent in one sentence; whereas the better practice is to choose one relative, and repeat this for any further reference.