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proposition (SVO) + where conjonction + proposition (SVO)

 

where pronom relatif            where pronom indéterminé

 

 

The Guardian        Society 1        p. 13        21.6.2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ne pas confondre where conjonction, qui relie deux propositions,

avec where pronom relatif.

 

 

Dans l'énoncé suivant,

le segment introduit par le relatif where

contribue à déterminer le GN antécédent the site.

Ce segment est une relative déterminative :

where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God.

L'ensemble GN antécédent + pronom relatif + proposition (s) forme un GN complexe :

the site where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God

 

 

 

A shopkeeper running a small souvenir business in Nazareth

has made a sensational discovery that could dramatically rewrite the history of Christianity.

Jonathan Cook reports

 

Elias Shama's small souvenir shop in Nazareth, the town of Jesus's childhood,

barely catches the eye.

Tourists usually pass by it on their way to the neighbouring Mary's Well church,

claimed by the Greek Orthodox church

as the site where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God.

    Is this where Jesus bathed?, G, 22.10.2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1067930,00.html

 

 

 

On retrouve la même formation dans la publicité ci-dessus,

avec le GN complexe

A family friendly city where no child is left behind.

 

 

 

 

 

Where conjonction relie deux propositions :

 

SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra

where they battled hundreds of guerrillas in the first step of a drive to take back

all of Iraq's rebel-held areas by year's end..

    U.S., Iraqi Forces Tighten Grip on Samarra, R, Sun Oct 3, 2004 06:01 AM ET,
    http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RAWUMALDVMNHUCRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=6396950

 

 

 

 

 

Where pronom indéterminé / non relatif :

   

"It's up to the international community to put pressure on the warlords," says Mohmodzai.

"It should ask them, for example, where they get their money from.

They all own several Land Cruisers worth $45,000 each,

but no one asks them how they can afford them."

    Guns still call the shots in Afghanistan, G / Weekly Review, 2004,
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,12674,1316648,00.html

 

 

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