Lesson of the day
Adjective clauses (relative clauses) are like "sentences inside sentences." The "job" of adjective clauses is to modify (describe, identify, make specific) the noun phrases that they follow. In their full forms, adjective clauses have several parts: a relative pronoun (or, in some cases, another kind of connecting word), a subject, and a predicate (a verb and, often, other types of words which follow it). In adjective clauses, the relative pronoun is a kind of connecting word: it joins the information in the clause to the noun phrase that it follows. Without the adjective clause, the meaning of the modified noun phrase (and of the sentence) is unclear and incomplete. Examples (full forms): I know a person who / that can help you. I know a person who(m) / that you can help. I know a person whose advice I can trust. I know a person to whom I can refer you. / I know a person who(m) / that I can refer you to. I want a car that / which gets good gas mileage. I can't afford the car that / which I really want. |
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