ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
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Who
•Used as the subject pronoun for people
•Can be replace by that
Example :
The girl is a model. She is beautiful.
The girl who is beautiful is a model.
The girl that is beautiful is a model.
Whom
•Used as the object of a verb for people
•Generally used only in very formal English
•In speaking, whom is usually replaced by who
•Can be replaced by that and be omitted
Example :
The people were very nice. I met them at the party last night.
The people whom I met at the party last night were very nice.
The people that I met at the party last night were very nice.
The people ᴓ I met at the party last night were very nice.
Which
•Used for things as the subject
•Used as the object of verb for things
•Can be omitted if it used as the object ofa verb
Example :
The box was heavy. i mailed it to my sister.
The box which i mailed to my sister was heavy.
The box that i mailed to my sister was heavy.
The box ᴓ i mailed to my sister was heavy.
Whose
•Used to show possession for people and things
•Can not be omitted
•Connected to a noun (whose bicycle)
Example :
That is the couple. Their aparment was burglarized.
That is the couple whose aparment was burglarized.
Where
•Used to modify a place
•If where is used, a preposition is not included, but if where is not
used, the preposition must be included.
Example :
The apartment is very expensive. She lives there (in that
apartment)
The apartment where she lives is very expensive.
When
•Used to modify a noun of time ( year, day, time, century, etc)
•If which is used, a preposition is needed.
Example :
That is the place. The accident occured there.
That is the place where the accident occured.
That is the place in which the accident occured there.
That is the place ᴓ the accident occured there.
That
•Used for both people and things as the subject
pronouns and as the object of a verb.
•Can replace all the words above, except whose
Short Story
REFERENCES
Yunita Wisma. 2013. An Intermediate Material of English Structure
(a compilation). Bengkulu. University of Bengkulu.

Adjective Clause

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    Who •Used as thesubject pronoun for people •Can be replace by that Example : The girl is a model. She is beautiful. The girl who is beautiful is a model. The girl that is beautiful is a model.
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    Whom •Used as theobject of a verb for people •Generally used only in very formal English •In speaking, whom is usually replaced by who •Can be replaced by that and be omitted Example : The people were very nice. I met them at the party last night. The people whom I met at the party last night were very nice. The people that I met at the party last night were very nice. The people ᴓ I met at the party last night were very nice.
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    Which •Used for thingsas the subject •Used as the object of verb for things •Can be omitted if it used as the object ofa verb Example : The box was heavy. i mailed it to my sister. The box which i mailed to my sister was heavy. The box that i mailed to my sister was heavy. The box ᴓ i mailed to my sister was heavy.
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    Whose •Used to showpossession for people and things •Can not be omitted •Connected to a noun (whose bicycle) Example : That is the couple. Their aparment was burglarized. That is the couple whose aparment was burglarized.
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    Where •Used to modifya place •If where is used, a preposition is not included, but if where is not used, the preposition must be included. Example : The apartment is very expensive. She lives there (in that apartment) The apartment where she lives is very expensive.
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    When •Used to modifya noun of time ( year, day, time, century, etc) •If which is used, a preposition is needed. Example : That is the place. The accident occured there. That is the place where the accident occured. That is the place in which the accident occured there. That is the place ᴓ the accident occured there.
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    That •Used for bothpeople and things as the subject pronouns and as the object of a verb. •Can replace all the words above, except whose
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    REFERENCES Yunita Wisma. 2013.An Intermediate Material of English Structure (a compilation). Bengkulu. University of Bengkulu.