RELATIVE CLAUSE

English lecturer: Mr. Ruslan Riyadi

 Relative Clause or Conjunction Pronouns
Relative clause is used to form one sentence from
two separate sentences. The relative pronoun replaces
one of two identical noun phrases and relates the
clauses to each other.
Note: In speaking, that can be used for people, but NOT in formal written English.

PRONOUN USE IN FORMAL ENGLISH

THAT THINGS
WHICH THINGS
WHO PEOPLE
WHOM PEOPLE
WHOSE USUALLY PEOPLE
 The relative pronoun
completely replaces a We bought the stereo. The stereo
duplicate noun phrase. had been advertised at a reduced
There can be no regular
pronoun along with the
price.
relative pronoun. We bought the stereo that had
Incorrect: This is the book been advertised at a reduced
that I bought it at the price.
bookstore. Rinda is going to buy the house.
Correct: This is the book
that I bought at the
We have been thinking of buying
bookstore. the house.
Rinda is going to buy the house
that we have been thinking of
Remember that a sentence buying.
with a relative clause can WHO/WHOM
always be reduced to two Who is used when the noun phrase being
separates sentences, so replaced is in the subject position of the
each clause must contain a sentence.
verb.

Quantitative is adjective that
showing how much nouns'
mean. Quantitative adjectives
limit noun in the same such
as; quantity, and degree
which showed by adjective.
Adjective of quantity is
followed by singular noun.
This noun must be material
noun and abstract noun. Such
as; much bread, much butter,
much sugar, much pain
(material noun), and much
pain (abstract noun).
The main words which
including in this category
are:
Much, little, no, some, any,
enough, whole, sufficient,
and half.
Attributive and Predicative Adjective
There are two ways in adjective use as follow:
Attributive Use. An adjective is used as
attributive if adjective gives its noun character
with directly.
e.g. A lazy man.
A beautiful women.
An active child.
Predicative Use. An adjective is used as
attributive if adjective is made a part of verb
in a sentence. Then, adjective gives its noun
character through its verb with no directly.
e.g. That cat is active.
Mr. Ruslan arrived safe.
Her character is very honour.
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