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14.1 Adjective Clauses and Relative Pronouns |
An adjective clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun.
- It is recognized by the relative pronoun as: who, which, that, whom, and whose.
The firefighters tried to save the old house [that was burning.]
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14.2. Non-restrictive and Restrictive Adjective Clauses
♡ Non-Restrictive Adjective Clauses are separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
- The information in the adjective clause is not essential to the meaning
- Do not use "that" with N-RAC instead use "which"
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Ejemplos: My only sister, who lives in California, is a doctor.
The Eiffel Tower has an elevator, which I rode to the top.
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14.2.2. Restrictive Adjective Clauses ♡ Restrictive Adjective Clauses are not separated from the rest of the sentence. Do not take it out of the sentence since the sentence will not make sense. |
My sister who lives in California is a doctor. (=who sister?) The car that has a broken headlight belongs to Mrs. Williams. (=which car?) |
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14.3. 1 y 2 Subject and Object Relative Pronouns |
Subject Relative Pronoun
Many people [who work in customer service] experience stress.
The tennis match [, which had been scheduled for noon, ] was canceled. Object Relative Pronoun
Many people [whom I knew] work in customer service. 》whom + sub + verb = formal The book [that I read] was very interesting.
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Ejemplos de Subject Relative Pronoun
Who / Which describes People / Match in the main clause and is the subject of the adjective clause.
Ejemplos de Object Relative Pronoun
Whom / That describes People / Book in the main clause and is the object of the verb Know / Read in the adjective clause |
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14.3.3 Omitting the Object Relative Pronoun |
When the Relative Pronoun is the object of the adjective clause, it is often omitted. The women [ whom I regularly see on Sundays ] are my mother's friends. The women [ I regularly see on Sundays ] are my mother's friends. The job advertisement [ that the company provided to the newspaper] appeared last week. The job advertisement [ the company provided to the newspaper ] appeared last week. |
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14.4 Relative Pronoun as Object of Prepositions in Adjective Clauses |
☆ The fitness club [ to which I belong ] is coed. The fitness club [ which / that I belong to ] is coed. The fitness club [ I belong to ] is coed. ☆The woman [for whom you bought the flowers] was very happy to receive them. The woman [ who you bought the flowers for] was very happy to receive them. The woman [ you bought the flowers for] was very happy to receive them. |
Do not use a preposition before the Relative pronoun "that" Relative pronoun omitted is used in informal language. |
