Relative Clause

RELATIVE CLAUSE
WHO, WHICH, THAT

DEFINITION
RELATIVE CLAUSE PERSON
RELATIVE CLAUSE THINGS

DEFINITION
Adjective clause contains a Subject & a Verb. An adjective clause is a subordinate or a dependent clause, it must be connected to a main or independent clause
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PERSONS

Example1:
The man is drinking red wine.
He is in black suit.
The man who is in black suit is drinking red wine
WHO is normally used in the subject position
Relative clause modifying “the man”
Example 2:
The boy and the man are John and the headmaster
They are running
 The boy and the man who are running are John and the headmaster

Relative clause modifying “the boy and the man”
Everyone who/ that knew him liked him.

Note

THAT is a possible alternative after all, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, and those
Everyone who knew him liked him
Everyone that knew him liked him
Relative clause
THINGS
Subject: either “which” or “that”. “Which” is more formal
This camera belongs to my grandpa.
It is very old
 This camera which is very old belongs to my grandpa

Object of a Verb: Which or that or no relative at all

Example:
The car broke down yesterday.
I bought it two days ago.
The car which I bought two days ago broke down yesterday
The car that I bought two days ago broke down yesterday

The car which / that I bought two days ago broke down yesterday

Note

“Which” is hardly ever used after all, everything, little, much, none, no and compounds of no or after superlatives
Example:
All the apples that fall are eaten by the pigs

Note
2. For the above case (1) instead using that we omit the relative altogether, if it is the Object of the Verb
Example:
The car I bought two days ago broke down yesterday.