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Adjective Clause

Adjective clauses do not change the basic meaning of the sentence. In some cases, when they
provide more information into a sentence, they need to be set off with commas.
Here are several examples of sentences with the adjective clauses underlined:
Pizza, which most people love, is not very healthy.
The people whose names are on the list will go to camp.
Grandpa remembers the old days when there was no television.
Fruit that is grown organically is expensive.
Students who are intelligent get good grades.
Eco-friendly cars that run on electricity save gas.
I know someone whose father served in World War II.
Making noise when he eats is the main reason why Sue does not like to eat with her
brother.
The kids who were called first will have the best chance of getting a seat.
Running a marathon, a race of twenty-six miles, takes a lot of training.
I enjoy telling people about Janet Evanovich whose latest book was fantastic.
The people waiting all night outside the Apple store are trying to purchase a new
iPhone.
"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead." -
Albert Einstein
Those who do not complain are never pitied. - Jane Austen
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they
avoid. - Sren Kierkegaard
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. - Erma Bombeck

Complex Sentence:
Subject (+be/verb+Noun/Pronoun) + Adjective Clause
Adjective Clause:
Relative Pronoun* +/- S** +V
example sentences:
- Where
where I was born
complex sentences: Bandar Lampung is a city where I was born.
Information: Adjective clause (where I was born) menerangkan noun (a city) yang
berfungsi sebagai subject complement.
- Whose
whose car is antique
complex sentences: The man, whose car is antique, works as a lecturer.
Information: Adjective clause (whose car is antique) menerangkan noun (the man) yang
berfungsi sebagai subject kalimat.
- That
that I has dreamed for many years ago
It is the car that I has dreamed for many years ago.
Information: Adjective clause (that I has dreamed for many years
ago) menerangkan noun (the car) yang berfungsi sebagai subject complement.

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