查看更多>>摘要:The development of the relative pronouns that and which in English has been a complex process.Old English used the particle e as a relative pronoun,but into the Middle English period,‘that’became the most frequently used relative pronoun.Wh- pronouns rose after the pronouns started losing their interrogative qualities.A study on the historical development for‘that and which”wil make us master the usages of attributive clauses better.