Relative Pronouns
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Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.
who
people and sometimes pet animals
defining and non-defining
which
animals and things
defining and non-defining; clause referring to a whole sentence
that
people, animals and things; informal
defining only
whose
possessive meaning;
for people and animals usually; sometimes for things in formal situations
defining and non-defining
whom
people in formal styles or in writing; often with a preposition; rarely in conversation; used instead of who if who is the object
defining and non-defining
no relative pronoun
when the relative pronoun defines the object of the clause
defining only
who
people and sometimes pet animals
defining and non-defining
which
animals and things
defining and non-defining; clause referring to a whole sentence
that
people, animals and things; informal
defining only
whose
possessive meaning;
for people and animals usually; sometimes for things in formal situations
defining and non-defining
whom
people in formal styles or in writing; often with a preposition; rarely in conversation; used instead of who if who is the object
defining and non-defining
no relative pronoun
when the relative pronoun defines the object of the clause
defining only
english vocabulary
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AWILDA MIESES
Dominican Republic
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