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Relative Clauses Tec III
Relative Clauses Tec III
Defining relative clauses give detailed information defining a general term or expression.
Ex: Tom
One girl is talking to Tom and you ask somebody whether he knows this girl.
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Object pronouns
In
The
boy (who/whom) we met yesterday is very nice. (english grammar online, 2010)
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clauses with who, which, that as subject pronoun can be replaced with a participle.
Ex:
I told you about the woman who lives next door. (english grammar online, 2010)
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clause is a part of a sentence. A relative clause tells us which person or thing the speaker means.
Examples:
People
who live in London (who live in London tell us what kind of people). (Smalzer r. M., 1989-2000)
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We
use Who in a relative clause when we are talking about people (not thing). We use Who instead of he/she/they: woman-she lives next door-is a doctor. The woman who lives next door is a
The
Example.
When we are talking about things, we use that or which (not who) in relative clause.
Examples:
Where
is the cheese? - It was in the refrigerator is the cheese (that, which ) was in the refrigerator? (Smalzer r. M., 1989-2000, p. 178)
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where
cannot say The woman lives next door is doctor or Where the cheese is was in the refrigerator? (Reimes, How to English Works, 1997)
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saw some people their car had broken down saw some people whose car had broken down. (Language Dynamics, 2010)
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We
window is a woman whose husband is dead. (Her husband is dead) met someone whose brother I went to school with. (I went to school with his/her brother) (Language Dynamics, 2010)
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met a man whose sister knows you. (His sister knows you) (Language Dynamics, 2010)
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hotel we stayed there wasnt very clean. The hotel where we stayed wasnt very clean. (English as 2nd Language, 2012)
Ex.
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We say: the day/ the year/ the time, etc. (Something happens or that something happens)
Ex:
Do
you still remember the day (that) we first met? last time ( that) I saw her, she looked fine. (English as 2nd Language, 2012)
The
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clause, tells us which person or thing (or what kind of person or thing) the speaker mean: the woman who lives next door tell us which woman. (Reimes, How to English Works, 1997, p. 184)
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Second type:
Relative
clause, do not tell us which person or thing the speaker mean. We already know which thing or person is meant: my brother Jim, Brads new job, and that Grand Hotel. (Reimes, How to English Works, 1997, p. 184)
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Use
relative clauses to provide extra information. This information can either define something, or provide unnecessary, but interesting, added information. clauses can be introduced by:
Relative
Examples: No
relative pronoun:
Where, A
why and when instead of a relative pronoun relative pronoun: who (whom), which, that, whose
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Add
to relatives clauses we need to consider the following when deciding which relative pronoun to use: it refers to a person or an object?
Examples: Does Is
the subject or object or possessive of a relative clause? (English as 2nd Language, 2012)
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