Transcript Relative Pronouns Who

Relative Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
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Relative pronouns are that, who,
whom, whose, which.
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They are used to join clauses to
make a complex sentence.
Relative Pronouns
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Relative pronouns are also used at
the beginning of the subordinate
clause which gives some specific
information about the main clause.
Relative Pronouns and their usage
are listed as follows:
Relative Pronouns
Who: who can be used as a subject
or an object for people.
 The girl who is talking to the
teacher is my cousin.
 The girl, who (whom) you talked
with, is my nephew.
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Relative Pronouns
Which: which can be used as a
subject or an object pronoun for
animals and things.
 The dog which is barking at the
stranger belongs to Mr. Smith.
 The book, which you bought, was
interesting.
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Relative Pronouns
Whose:
whose
is
used
as
possession for people and things.
 Do you know the girl whose hair is
long and wavy?
 Look at that house whose roof was
painted red.
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Whom: whom is used as an object
pronoun for people.
 The mechanic whom you mentioned
is great.
 The boy, to whom your brother
talked, is my cousin.
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Relative Pronouns
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That: When used as a relative
pronoun, that can refer to either
persons or things.
The relative
pronoun “that” is generally used in
defining relative clauses.
Relative Pronouns
＊In
these examples, that has the
antecedents people and newspaper,
and introduces the defining relative
clauses.
The people that were here yesterday will
return in a month.
The newspaper that was on the steps
belongs to our neighbor.
Relative Pronouns
When that acts as the object of a
verb or preposition. It can be
omitted.
 The comic book (that) you bought is
interesting.
 The house (that) they tried to sell
was old.
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Relative Pronouns
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“that” may be used to replace who,
whom or which.
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The boy whom we saw is her
brother.
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The boy that we saw is her brother.
Relative Pronouns
＊ Subject
and object pronouns can be
distinguish as follows: If the relative pronoun is
followed by a verb, the relative pronoun is a
subject pronoun.
＊If the relative pronoun is followed by a noun or
pronoun, the relative pronoun is an object
pronoun. The relative pronoun may be omitted.
Relative Pronouns
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Cody has bought a sports car that
cost him an arm and a leg.
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This is the latest magazine (that)
you are looking for. The boy (that)
we saw is Sue’s brother.
Relative Pronouns
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Restrictive clauses and Non-restrictive clause
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A restrictive clause gives essential
information about the subject of the
sentence. It restricts the meaning of the
sentence by identifying the quality of the
noun. A restrictive sentence does not need
commas.
Relative Pronouns
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The book that Sean is reading is
George’s.
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(the restrictive
reading” tells
George’s.)
clause
which
“Sean
book
is
is
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A non-restrictive clause gives
descriptive information that is not
essential to the meaning of the
sentence. It usually provides extra
information about the subject of the
sentence.
A
non-restrictive
sentence needs commas.
Relative Pronouns
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That boy, who is tall and slim, is my
sister’s boyfriend.
(that CAN’T be used in a nonrestrictive sentence)