Lequel or ce qui
Hello everyone,
In one of my notebook entries, I wrote «J'ai utilisé le participe présent comme un nom lequel je sais maintenant est faux». Literal translation, or attempted translation really, is, "I used the present participle like a noun which, I know now, is wrong". However, I received a correction to «J'ai utilisé le participe présent comme un nom ce qui je le sais maintenant, est faux». I received an explanation, but I'm having trouble understanding his comment since his English is not that great. I just don't understand why lequel was switched to ce qui. I thought I was using lequel probably.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
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In ‘lequel je sais maintenant est faux’ lequel is a pronoun which replaces ‘le participe présent’. But you want to use a pronoun which can replace the whole proposition ‘utiliser le présent participe comme un nom’. In such case you must use ‘ce qui’.
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