#Two bolded words for correction
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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.
- La déclaration dans laquelle Trump a justifié ses tarifs a provaqué une contraverse internationale.
- Il est vraiment populaire, dont Mark Carney a forcément parlé dans ses analyses.
The BOLDED letters are what my teachers circled.
I just need a tweak on my sentences.
Two bolded words for correction
Tense doesn't matter since what matters is the object itself: Is it direct or indirect, and if it is indirect, what preposition precedes it?
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The issue here has to do with the relative pronoun being indefinite. « dont » is referring not to a single object but rather to a whole sentence. In that case, you'd use the indefinite. Example:
« J'aime les pommes qui te plaisent (I love the apples that you like) »
Here, « qui » refers to « les pommes » so it's definite. Notice that the verb « plaire » agrees with the original object.
« J'aime les pommes, ce qui me plait (I love apples, which you like) »
Here, « qui » is referring to the whole sentence before it, « j'aime les pommes », so we add a « ce » before the pronoun. Notice that now « plaire » agrees with « ce qui », a singular pronoun
Indefinite relative pronouns are connectors: they link relative clauses to main clauses and do not not have a specific antecedent.