Look at these sentences:
Both the expressions tout ce qui and tout ce que mean all/everything that.
However, they're used in different contexts.
Tout ce qui = all/everything that...
Use tout ce qui when the pronoun qui is followed by a verb or an object/reflexive pronoun (as opposed to a subject pronoun -je/tu/il/elle/on/nous/vous/ils/elles - or a noun):
You can never drop qui, unlike in English that.
Nor can you contract qui into qu'.
Nor can you contract qui into qu'.
Compare this with: Qui = Who, which, that (relative pronouns) and Ce qui (vs ce que) = what, which (relative pronouns)
Tout ce que = all/everything that...
Use tout ce que when the pronoun que is followed by a subject pronoun (je/tu/il/elle/on/nous/vous/ils/elles) or a noun (as opposed to a verb or an object/reflexive pronoun):
You can never drop que, unlike in English that.
But you will contract que into qu' in front of a vowel or mute h.
But you will contract que into qu' in front of a vowel or mute h.
Compare this with: Que = Whom, which, that (relative pronouns) and Ce que (vs ce qui) = what, which (relative pronouns)
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