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Understanding Relative Clauses
Dr. Murray and Anna C. Rockowitz Writing Center, Hunter College, City University of New York GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS Understanding Relative Clauses A Relative (or adjective) clause modifies a noun or pronoun and is introduced by a Relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, which, or that) or occasionally a Relative adverb (usually when, where, or why). Relative Clauses function as subordinate or dependent Clauses and therefore cannot stand alone as complete sentences . The Relative pronoun (or adverb) is used to connect the Relative clause to an independent clause by referring to the noun or pronoun being modified. Relative Clauses are extremely useful because they enable writers to be more specific and make writing more sophisticated.
In the sentence above, “who” introduces a restrictive relative clause that modifies the word “woman” and functions as the subject of the clause and “has” is the verb. The director will choose whoever has the best audition. In this sentence, “whoever” is the subject of the verb “has” and introduces the relative clause.
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