Relative Clauses Part 1
Relative Clauses Part 1
Relative Clauses Part 1
PART I:
EXPLANATION AND
STEPS TO MAKE
THEM
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
DEFINING CLAUSES give essential information
about their antecedent and without them the meaning
will be incomplete.
These never go between commas.
WHO, WHOM and WHICH can be substituted by
THAT in a more colloquial context.
WHO, WHOM, WHICH AND THAT can be omitted if
they are the object of the relative clause, that is, if
they are followed by a sibject.
DEFINING NON-DEFINING
PRONOUNS PRONOUNS
WHO/WHOM/WHICH WHO/
THAT WHOM/
WHICH/
WHOSE/ WHOSE/
WHERE/ WHERE/
WHEN WHEN
STEPS TO JOIN TWO SENTENCES
IN A RELATIVE CLAUSE
I saw yesterday