indefinite pronoun + relative clause (focus) – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 79 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

indefinite pronouns with a relative clause to form complex noun phrases, to give focus

*Note that there does not seem to be any other grammar point in the EGP or EVP that relates to indefinite pronoun + relative pronoun which means the ‘focus‘ element should not be so important in regards to giving the structure its CEFR level.

A search in iWeb corpus for :

. _pn1 that|which|who * *

Embedded examples come from the PELIC:

1 . ANYONE WHO WANTS TO 1201

B2/C1 student:

Anyone who wants to discourage smoking can stop this: write a letter to the U.S. president requesting, apply same policy of cigarette in overseas like he does in the U.S. Also send carbon copy to your representatives in congress.

Korean level 5 reading class

2 . ANYONE WHO HAS EVER 1149 3 . ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN 648 4 . ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED 595 5 . ANYTHING THAT CAN BE 430 6 . ANYONE WHO HAS A 426 7 . ANYONE WHO DOES NOT 362 8 . ANYONE WHO DOES N’T 355 9 . ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU 343 10 . ANYONE WHO WISHES TO 332 11 . ANYONE WHO HAS HAD 329 12 . ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN 327 13 . ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME 326 14 . ANYONE WHO ‘S EVER 243 15 . ANYONE WHO TRIES TO 233 16 . ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE 225 17 . ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT 196 18 . ANYONE WHO IS A 195 19 . ANYONE WHO DOES NT 192 20 . ANYONE WHO HAS READ 189 21 . ANYONE WHO IS NOT 185 22 . SOMEONE WHO HAS A 183 23 . ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED 182 24 . ANYTHING THAT IS NOT 181

25 . ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE 176

26 . ANYONE WHO HAS SPENT 174 27 . ANYONE WHO HAS PLAYED 171 28 . SOMEONE WHO DOES N’T 169 29 . ANYONE WHO HAS USED 165 30 . ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING 163 31 . ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED 162

32 . ONE THAT COMES TO 161

one + relative pronoun

33 . SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO 158 34 . ANYTHING THAT DOES N’T 155 35 . EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE 151 36 . ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN 142 37 . ANYONE WHO ‘S BEEN 140 38 . ANYONE WHO HAS THE 140 39 . EVERYONE WHO HAS SEEN 140 40 . SOMETHING THAT CAN BE 134 41 . ANYONE WHO HAS WATCHED 126 42 . ANYONE WHO HAS ANY 124 43 . ANYONE WHO HAS AN 124 44 . EVERYTHING THAT WE DO 124 45 . SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN 123 46 . ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE 122 47 . ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO 116 48 . EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER 116 49 . SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE 114 50 . ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY 111 51 . EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE 110 52 . SOMEONE WHO IS NOT 110 53 . ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT 109 54 . SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN 109 55 . ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE 108

56 . ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED 108

57 . EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO 108 58 . ONE THAT STANDS OUT 106 59 . ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY 105 60 . ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP 101 61 . ANYONE THAT WANTS TO 101 62 . EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED 99 63 . SOMEONE WHO IS A 99 64 . ANYONE WHO HAS DONE 97 65 . ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT 95 66 . SOMETHING THAT IS NOT 93 67 . ANYTHING THAT DOES NT 92 68 . EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN 92 69 . ANYTHING THAT HAS A 91 70 . ANYONE WHO HAS NOT 91 71 . ONE THAT HAS BEEN 90

72 . ANYONE WHO OWNS A 89

73 . EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN 88

Everyone who has been to Kaohsiung and Pittsburgh might say Kaohsiung [i]s an oven and Pittsburgh [i]s a freezer.

Chinese Female level 5 writing class

74 . SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT 88 75 . ANYONE WHO HAS N’T 87 76 . SOMEONE WHO DOES NT 87

77 . ANYONE WHO IS FAMILIAR 85

*B1 vocabulary in red

Some other examples that don’t match the iWeb corpus examples from B2 / C1 students:

Arabic Female level 5 grammar class

Anything that happens in any part of the planet earth affects all of its inhabitants throughout the glob[e].

Korean Male level 5 writing class:

Someone who has to be blamed is the dictator and some officials of North Korea, not North Koreans.

Level 4: (*notice that level 4 students are not quite achieving correct sentences in grammar and reading classes.) 

Arabic Male 4 grammar class:

Everything that the instructor had taught me it flew with the strong pushing of the air. 

Arabic Female level 4 reading class:

One that hooks my sight sense with my hearing sense together.