如果一个定语从句中有多个名词或代词,我该怎样确定先行词是哪一个?如：Sheshowedthevisitorsaroundthemuseum,theconstructionofwhichhadtakenmorethanthreeyears.这就话中,为什么先行词是themuseum而不

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如果一个定语从句中有多个名词或代词,我该怎样确定先行词是哪一个?如：She showed the visitors around the museum,the construction of which had taken more than three years.这就话中,为什么先行词是the museum而不是the construction?This is a kind of traditional teaching method where students are taught a lot about grammar rules.为什么method作的是地点状语,作地点状语的词不应该是跟地点有关的么?

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1 因为 construction 是用在含有连接词的短语里,the construction of which,这个就决定,先行词不可能是 construction.因为 先行词和连接词的关系是并列的关系,而不是从属的关系.
2 where 在做连接词的时候,不仅表示地点,也可以表示其他的方面.看看英文解释：
3 a :at,in,or to which place
b :at or in which