1、 在“介词+关系代词”结构中,关系代词必须用which。
如: This is the reference book of which the teacher is speaking. 这就是老师正在谈及的那本参考书。
注意: 如果介词不放在修饰事物的限定性定语从句的句首, which就可换为that。
例如: This is the question that we've had so much discussion about. =This is the question about which we've had so much discussion.
这就是我们已经多次讨论过的问题。
2.、先行词为“those+表事物的复数名词”时, 关系代词通常只用which而不用that。
如:you should grasp well those skills which may be used in the future work.
3、在非限制性定语从句中只能使用关系词which,不能使用关系词that。
例句:The tree, which is four hundred years old, is very famous here.
那棵树已经有几百年的岁月了,在这里很有名。
定语从句中只能用that不能用which的情况:
1、不定代词,如anything、nothing、 the one、 all、much、 few、any、little等作先行词。
例句:There is nothing that I can do.
我没有什么事情可以做。
2、先行词有the only、the very、 the same、 the last修饰。
例句:This is the very book that I want to find.
这本书是我非常想要一直在找的书。
3、先行词为序数词、数词、形容词最高级时。
例句:This is the first composition that he has written in English.
这是他第一次参加用英文写作的比赛。
4、先行词既有人,又有物时。
例句:He talked about the teachers and schools that he had visited.
他谈论起拜访过的老师和学校。