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Jennifer Andrea Sanchez Chacon-1103. Relative Clauses

Relative clauses add more information about a person or thing already mentioned in the main clause. They are introduced by relative pronouns like who, which, that, whose, and whom. Who refers only to people and can be subject or object. Which refers to things and animals and can also be subject or object. That can refer to both people and things depending on context. Whose acts as a possessive pronoun. Whom is used for people as the object of a verb or preposition, especially in formal contexts.

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Jennifer Andrea Sanchez Chacon-1103. Relative Clauses

Relative clauses add more information about a person or thing already mentioned in the main clause. They are introduced by relative pronouns like who, which, that, whose, and whom. Who refers only to people and can be subject or object. Which refers to things and animals and can also be subject or object. That can refer to both people and things depending on context. Whose acts as a possessive pronoun. Whom is used for people as the object of a verb or preposition, especially in formal contexts.

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JENNIFER ANDREA SANCHEZ CHACON- 1103.

Relative clauses
Relative clauses are those that act as a subordinate to a main clause, adding more
information about a thing or person that had already been mentioned before. For example:

The cushions on the sofa are purple and green.

In this case, the main sentence would be The cushions are purple and green and the
secondary or subordinate sentence The cushions are on the sofa. To unite both we use the
relative pronoun that, which refers to cushions.

Pronouns for relative clauses: who, what, that and from whom.

Who
This pronoun is used only to refer to people. It can exercise the function of subject or object
of the sentence.

Which one
Unlike who, this pronoun only works for things and animals. It can also be the subject or
object of the sentence.

That
This is a pronoun that can be applied both to refer to people and things. Therefore, you can
use it to substitute both who and which if the context allows it.

Whose
Finally, we have the pronoun whose, which we should not confuse with who since it acts as
a possessive. To better identify it, think that in Spanish it would be translated as whose,
whose, whose or whose.
Whom
We don't want to miss the relative pronoun whom. Although rarely used, it can be very
useful in formal contexts. In addition, it is ideal to demonstrate your command of English.

The pronoun whom replaces people when they are not the subject of the sentence but are
the ones who receive it.

EXAMPLES:
1. He is upset with me, which I don’t understand.
2. Christmas day is a day when people are happy.
3. We visited the house where our father was born.
4. Send me the photo which I took of you yesterday.
5. That’s the man that I spoke to last week.
6. Who is invited to the party?
7. Do you know the girl who is talking to Mateo?
8. The phone which has the most features is also the most expensive.
9. This is the video that I wanted to show you.
10. She's the woman who cuts my hair.

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