定语从句中,关系代词作介宾或者动宾,是可以省略的,但主语是绝对不可以省略的。举例
he
who
is
handsome
is
my
brother.
who在定语从句中作主语,如果省略,整句话的结构就崩溃了。
而做宾语省略,却并不会影响人们对句子的理解。例如:
the
man
(whom)you
talk
to,
is
my
brother.
介宾也是如此
the
factory
(which)
my
father
worked
in
is
over
there
总之,如果关系词所充当的成分是在“从句的句末”,且充当动宾或介宾,则省略的话不会造成句意的歧义,是可以省略的。