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A relative pronoun is a pronoun that marks a relative clause within a larger sentence. It is called a relative pronoun because it relates to the word that it modifies. A relative pronoun links two c...
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Relative Pronoun - Definition of 'Relative Pronoun' from our glossary of English linguistic and grammatical terms containing explanations and cross-references to other relevant English grammar terms. ... Browse the following links to other content related to 'Relative Pronoun' from the 'Relative Pronouns' grammar category...
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Refer to the numbering in the chart and select the number that specifies how and when the relative pronoun is used in each of the 22 sentences below the chart. For more practice with relative clauses, see one more exercise HERE.
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A relative pronoun is a pronoun that ... marks a relative clause ... Concept module: relative pronoun...
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However, it should be noted that when used as a relative pronoun, which can refer only to things. Relative pronouns will be discussed later in this chapter. Which as an adjective or interrogative pronoun usually implies a choice of one or more things from a limited number of alternatives.
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Generally (but not always) pronouns stand for (pro + noun) or refer to a noun, an individual or individuals or thing or things (the pronoun's antecedent) whose identity is made clear earlier in the text. For instance, we are bewildered by writers who claim something like ... What is often an indefinite relative pronoun:
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns1.htm
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Grammarians classify pronouns into several types, including the personal pronoun, the demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the indefinite pronoun, the relative pronoun, the reflexive pronoun, and the intensive pronoun...
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Relative clauses contain at least a subject and a verb and are used to modify nouns, pronouns, or sometimes whole phrases. A relative pronoun establishes the link to what is being modified (which is called the "antecedent").
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