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RELATIVE PRONOUN
Definition :
Relative Pronouns, which relate to some noun going before in the sentence as who, whose, whom, which, what, that.
A relative pronoun does the work of a conjunction as well as a pronoun.
e.g
Who / whome / whose | normally referring to people |
Which / what / that | referring to things |
e.g
Sentences | Relative Pronoun |
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I know the man. The man lives here. | I know the man who lives here. |
Relative Pronoun |
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The man who stole the car has been caught |
The man whom you accused is not guilt |
The woman whose house I rented is my cous |
The house which you see was built long ago |
I mean what I say |
Take anything that you like |
Here the girl whom you wanted to meet |
The happy laughter that made me smile came from the three-year-old who lives next door |
The Relative Pronoun who has different forms for Accusative and Genitive
e.g
This is the boy / girl | who works hard. |
whom / who all praise | |
whose exercise is done well | |
These are the boys / girls | who works hard. |
whom / who all praise | |
whose exercises are done well |
It will be noticed that the forms are the same for singular and plural, masculine and feminine.
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e.g
Formal | This is the gift that I got last New Year |
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Informal | This is the gift I got last New Year |
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e.g
Hussy is a boy who loves to play video games |
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e.g
Brian, who likes to raise chickens, is an FFA member. |
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e.g
John is a teenager whose goal is to get into a good college. |
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