英文 Relative clauses 問題....

1.the boy who was injured in the accident was taken to hospital.
唔可以改成
the boy was injured in the accident who was taken to hospital.
因為who的作用是define(決定/指示)那主角的重點，相對take to hospital這後來發生的事，who要做的是指示交代這主角受傷的重點，所以who一定是跟住the boy而不能改在to hospital的子句前。

2. the book is his first novel which was published last week.
可以改成
the book which is his first novel was publish last week.由於first novel跟publish之間沒有先後或輕重的相對必然關係(因為publish和novel的互相同時的連繫，所以這改法仍可接受。不過the book is his first novel便先定明主題是在說他的小說，而the book which is則把重點在於define那book，除非那book是寫作上文要在很多book中提出來便合理，但如果從頭到尾都只是講一本書這樣寫便畫蛇添足了。另外由於first novel和publish不是流程上相關，同時都是描寫這book的話，嚴格而言全句應該要加兩個comma: 就the book, which is his first novel, was publish last week. 所以形式上改變了，主角變成一樣叫the book的東西，但實際上作者用意the book “is his first novel”才是主題。 文字句子寫作是用來潛意識表達信息的，不是所有可互換的文法機械格式都是同樣意義的。