Relative pronouns
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![Who , links the relative clause (who disappeared last week) to main clause (The police have found the boy.) That man over there is called Bill Gates, he started Microsoft. That man over there , who is called Bill Gates , started Microsoft. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The police have found the boy. (which boy? is not clear.) The police have found the boy who disappeared last week.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/relativepronouns-120113043310-phpapp01/85/Relative-pronouns-1-320.jpg)
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Relative pronouns
- 2. Use Example Who for people What’s the name of the man who created the internet? Which for things The experiment which worked was the last one. and animals Where fo r places This is the town where Albert Einstein was born. Whose to show possession That’s the man whose sister discovered a new planet. Susan is the woman whose husband is an actor. ( Susan’s husband is an actor.)( Her husband is an actor.) THAT
- 4. 2) When there is a relative pronoun, REMEMBER not the repeat the Subject / Object EX: What’s the name of the man who he created the World Wide Web. This is the experiment which I’m doing it at the moment.
- 5. That , Who , Which can be the Subjet of the Relative clause, like this SUBJECT I talked to girl who won. The girl won That is the dog that attacked me. The dog attacked me. There is no other pronoun (e. g. it, they): Note:That is the dog it attacked me.
- 6. That , Who OR Which can be the OBJECT of the relative clause, like this : OBJECT The card which Tom sent was nice. Tom sent the card. The man that I saw was very rude. I saw the man. There is no other pronoun (e.g. him, them): Note: The man I saw him was very rude. When That , Who OR Which is the OBJECT of the relative clause (e.g. The card which Tom sent ,) WE CAN LEAVE THEM OUT.(OMMIT)