THE
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
Definition: Those which
refer to nouns mentioned previously, acting to introduce an adjective
(relative) clause. They will usually appear after a noun to help clarify the
sentence or give extra information. Examples include: who, which, that,
whom, whose, where, when, why. Consider the following sentences:
The man who stole the car went to jail. The relative pronoun who acts to refer back to the noun man. It acts to open a clause by identifying the man as not just any man, but the one who stole the car. Relative pronoun examples in the following sentences are in bold for easy identification.
The man who stole the car went to jail. The relative pronoun who acts to refer back to the noun man. It acts to open a clause by identifying the man as not just any man, but the one who stole the car. Relative pronoun examples in the following sentences are in bold for easy identification.
The table, which
sits in the hallway, is used for correspondence.
The car that
crashed into the wall was blue.
This is the
woman, whose key you found.
Here
are some example sentences with the adjective clause IN BOLD:
Pizza, which
most people love, is not very healthy.
Those
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 help the environment.
I know
someone whose father served in World War II.
The slurping
noise he makes is the main reason why Sue does not like to eat soup
with her brother.
The kids who
were called first will have the best chance of getting a seat.
I enjoy telling
people about Janet Evanovich, whose latest book was fantastic.
The store where
the new phone was being sold had a huge line of people outside it.
"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." - Soren Kierkegaard
"Never go
to a doctor whose office plants have died." - Erma Bombeck
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