ABDUL ROCHIM

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GRAMMAR ARNAN PAHMI M.

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TAUPIK HIDAYAT
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RELATIVE
CLAUSE
 Relative clauses
Relative clauses give us more information about
someone or something. We can use relative clauses to
combine clauses without repeating information.
Mr. Abdoel posted a birthday present to his daughter.
His daughter lives in Jonggol, West Java.
Using a relative clause means that there is no need to repeat ‘his
daughter’.

Mr. Abdoel posted a birthday

present to his daughter, who
lives in Jonggol, West Java.
 We can use relative clauses to give focus
to something or someone.
This is the book which We’re reading this book
we’re reading at the at the moment.
moment.

She’s the woman who I I was talking about the

was talking about. woman.
 Types of
relative
clause

There are two types of relative clause: one type refers

to a noun or noun phrase (these are defining and non-
defining relative clauses) and the other type refers to
a whole sentence or clause, especially in speaking.
•Extra information
•The principal sentence keeps the meaning if we omit
them.
•They go between commas.

Examples
•Sukerejo, where I was born, is a remote area near
Semarang.
•He, who is Japanese, works as a civil engineer.
e.g. The
fans of Persija, which support this
team loyally, is called Jakmania
Non – Defining Relative Pronouns

1. Julius Caesar, who came to

Britain in 55 BC was a powerful
Roman General
2. Dr. Johnson often met his friend
in Cheshire whose house was
quite near.
3. This is the man, whom I gave
the money this morning.
4. You pointed out to me last
week if that was the new
station.
5. Helicopters ,which can land
near the centre of a large city
do not need a long runway.
 Relative clauses:
typical errors
•When we use a relative pronoun as a
subject in the relative clause, we don’t use
a personal pronoun or noun:
That’s the school that does lots of music
and drama.
Not: That’s the school that it does lots of
music and drama.
•When a relative pronoun is the object of
the relative clause, we need a subject
(pronoun or noun) in the relative clause:
They met at the gallery that Jane had
talked about.
Not: They met at the gallery that had
talked about.
•When a relative pronoun is the object of the relative clause, we
don’t need another object (pronoun or noun) in the relative clause:
They went to the same restaurant that Mark had been to.
Not: They went to the same restaurant that Mark had been to it.

•In writing, we don’t use

commas in defining
relative clauses:
Sally is a committee
member who finds it
difficult to make decisions.
Not: Sally is a committee
member, who finds it
difficult to make decisions.
Relative clauses referring to a
whole sentence
Some relative clauses refer to a whole clause, a whole
sentence, or a longer stretch of language. We always
use which to introduce these clauses.
We often use these clauses in informal speaking to
express an opinion or evaluation (In the examples, the
relative clause is in bold, and the clause or person that is
referred to is underlined.):
I think the other thing that was really
good about it as well was
that everybody worked really hard and
helped tidy up at the end, which I
hadn’t expected at all.
References :
1. Relative clauses” from English
Grammar Today © Cambridge
University Press
2. Practice Makes Perfect. Prof,Dr.
Soenarjati Djajanegara. Pustaka
Mandiri