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let's get started let's talk about clauses a Clause is not a sentence by
itself but contains a subject and a predicate clauses that begin with
question words such as who which and where are often used to modify nouns and
some pronouns or to identify people and things or even give more information
about them these are called relative clauses let's take a look at some
examples of relative clauses have you ever seen the boy who lives next door
there is a new movie which you might like she lives in a country where there
are beautiful mountains relative clauses can also be introduced by the word that
for example here is the place that you were looking for usually we use the word
that when introducing important information and the word which for
unimportant information when words such as kou-kun which that etc are used to
introduce relative clauses they are called relative pronouns who which and
that can be the subject of verbs in the
relative clause who refers to people and which refers to things that can refer to
both people and things let's look at some correct and incorrect examples
what's the name of the man who just arrived correct
what's the name of the man which just arrived wrong the man is a person so you
cannot use which it's a book which is very interesting
correct it's a book who is very interesting wrong the book is not a
person so you cannot use who the tree that fell down is dead correct the
people that he's talking to are very young correct the word that can refer to
both people and things who whom which and that can also be used as the objects
of verbs in relative clauses who is informal when used as an object and whom
is more formal let's look at some examples of these words as the objects
of verbs she is talking to someone who I don't like
informal she is talking to someone whom I don't like formal he gave me the money
which I put in my pocket here is the book that you were looking for
when and where can introduce relative clauses after nouns that refer to the
time and place for example I still remember the day when I met my wife do
you know a store where I can buy some fruits you can use Y the same way after
the word reason for example do you know the reason why the sky is blue here's a
very helpful hint when the relative Clause identifies an object you don't
need to use the relative pronoun for example she is someone that I like a lot
correct but you can leave out the pronoun that to sound more like a native
speaker she is someone I like a lot correct
and sounds more natural here's another example here is the book that you were
looking for correct but you can leave out the pronoun that
again here is the book you were looking for correct and more natural relative
pronouns can also connect a relative clause to a noun or pronoun in another
clause they can replace words like she or him because you only need one subject
or object in a relative clause for example he has a new wife she works at
the school changed too he has a new wife who works at the school
here's a book it might be interesting to you change to here's a book which might
be interesting to you let's take a look at the word whose whose is a possessive
relative word that replaces his/her or its for example I saw a girl her hair
was very long changed to I saw a girl whose hair was very long it's important
to remember you are replacing the word her so you cannot say whose her hair was
very long just whose hair was very long okay students that's our lesson for
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