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4.10. SENTENCES 73• However, when you refer to abstract nouns, use of which structure:”N.N. has introduced a new method the complexity of which is exponential.”(Problem: is this rule still valid? Could we nowadays usealso ”whose”?)3. that• can be used only in restrictive relative clauses! → never usecomma before it!• can refer to people or things,”The student that has solved the task”, ”The task that was solved”• can be used both as a subject and an object.• If you need prepositions, they have to be in the end of the clause!”The problem that we talked about...”• that is often used, when4. what– the correlate is {all, little, much}, e.g. ”all that we know”– with superlative, ”the best solution that we can invent”– with ordinal numbers (first, second,...), last, and only,”the only algorithm that is comparable with X is Y ”• what contains also the correlate• Only in special expressions!• E.g.”WYSIWYG means ’What you see is what you get’.””This is what we know so far.”Extra: When to use who and when whom?Problem: Is the relative pronoun a subject or an object (who or whom)?Hint: turn the subordinate clause around and substitute the relative pronounby a personal pronoun. If you can use ”she” or ”he”, it is subject