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Adjective Clauses
Relative pronouns
introduce an adjective clause. Who, whom, whose, that, which NOTE: Sometimes a relative pronoun is preceded by a preposition that is part of the adjective clause.
Have you read the book on which the movie is based?
Adjective Clauses
Relative Pronouns who, whom, whose refer
to people
Who ~ The man who sold me the car left town. Whom ~ The man for whom I work is kind. Whose ~ The man whose car was stolen is angry.
NOTE: When to use WHO/WHOM: (Who is subject of the clause; whom is NOT the subject of the clause there is already a subject)
Adjective Clauses
Relative Pronouns which, that refer
Adjective Clauses
To modify a place or a time, an adjective
clause may be introduced by when or where. When used to introduce adjective clauses, these words are called relative adverbs.
The house where I grew up has been destroyed. Did I tell you about the time when my husband was sprayed by a skunk?
Adjective Clauses
REMEMBER: Adjective clauses are
dependent clauses. If you take them out of the sentence, you must have a complete sentence left.
it cannot be taken out of the sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence. (essential= no commas) A clause beginning with that is usually essential. Clauses that add information that is not needed to understand the basic meaning are nonessential. USE COMMAS!
ferocious.
Mark Twain, who was an American writer,
ferocious.
Mark Twain, who was an American writer,