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Two Useful Adjective
Clause Devices
Lesson 30
Write the following answers on your
own sheet of paper.
In this and the following frames,
subordinate each italicized statement to
an of which construction, preceded by a
noun (“the cause of which,” “the price of
which”):
Our school had an assembly, and the
purpose was to improve sportsmanship.
1. Our school had an assembly the
purpose of which was to improve
sportsmanship.
My tropical fish contracted a disease,
and the cause of it is not known.
2. My tropical fish contracted a disease
the cause of which is not known.
Our television set has a knob, and I
have never discovered its purpose.
3. Our television set has a knob the
purpose of which I have never
discovered.
The county constructed a road, and the
need for it was very great.
4. The county constructed a road the
need for which was very great.
We studied a poem by Alice walker,
and its meaning was very difficult.
5. We studied a poem by Alice Walker
the meaning of which was very difficult.
We camped at the foot of Silver
Mountain, and its top is snow-capped.
6. We camped at the foot of Silver
Mountain the top of which is snowcapped.