定语从句
关系副词why
关系副词why主要用于修饰表示原因的名词(主要是the reason),同时它在定语从句中用作原因状语.如:
We don’t know the reason why he didn’t show up.我们不知道他为什么没有来.
She didn’t tell me the reason why she refused the offer.她没跟我讲她拒绝这项工作的原因.
与关系副词when和where不同,why可以换成that或省略.如:
That’s one of the reasons (why,that) I asked you to come.这就是我请你来的原因之一.
另外,与关系副词when和where可以引导非限制性定语从句不一样,why只能引导限制性定语从句,不能引导非限制性定语从句.如:
他失去工作的主要原因是他喝酒.
误:The main reason,why he lost his job,was that he drank.
正:The main reason why he lost his job was that he drank.