Questions tagged [relative-clauses]
A clause used to join two sentences together, or to provide more information about something.
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Relative clauses (defining or non-defining)
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Combine these two sentences into one with a relative clause:
My brother is a great doctor.
He works in a famous hospital
My friend insists that there is ...
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Is there any difference between these two sentences?
Is there any difference between these two sentences?
The room that is provided with polished chairs...
The room provided with polished chairs...
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Using ''ever'' in Past Simple Tense
It's a movie subtitle and Morgan Freeman made the sentence that 'The only dog ever struck by lightning was right in here in Egypt''. I think there is a penalty there i dont know why he used like that. ...
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repetition of subject in relative clause
"The time that gets wasted in conversing, that time will also be saved." is a right sentence?
Or it should be: The time that gets wasted in conversing, will also be saved."
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Is "of that" a relative phrase？
Success adores the prosperous attitude, of that you can be sure.
I think there is a problem in this sentence: if the last half is a relative clause "which" should be used instead:
Success ...
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Is the preposition "for" missing, though at the end of the relative clause?
I've come across this sentence in a document.
Newly-built village houses refer to village houses for which a certificate of compliance is applied.
Is a "for" missing after "applied&...
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". . . as had the estate" - a relative clause?
(From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, Chapter XVII, published 1892)
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“And what—what sort of a gentleman was this Mr. Carthew?” I gasped.
“The ward-room steward ...
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Modifying a subject, or an object
Generally, patterns are produced in weft knitted structures either in the form of selected colours for face stitches or surface relief patterns based on a choice of different types of stitch.
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Correct usage in relative clause
I need to find the man whose son you said (((he))) tried to find a job .
Should I use “he” after “you said” ? Or it can be understood that “ the one you talked about is son of the man ?
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Using Which Not Where
I have read the related questions answered here but still don't know how I can convince a learner not to use where in the second gap. They simply believe whenever a word refers to a place (no matter ...
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the difference of having a relative pronoun
He is going to cut the part of hair (that) he dyed purple a few months ago in a barber shop.
I bracketed that cause it seems like placing that is optional,
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Can "who" substitute for " whom" in non-restrictive relative clause?
Who/whom are you talking about?
Bill is a troublesome boy, whom(who?) you are talking about.
In the first sentence, who can substitute for whom. I wonder if who can do the same in the second ...
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Is it correct to use the relative pronoun 'that' after the pronoun 'one'
from a band score 9 (the highest) IELTS essay:
'In conclusion, free university education is a must for any country that values equal rights and one that wishes to advance. The cost of free educ...'
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I wonder if the sentence is grammatically correct? "I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal." Am I missing something?
So, I was reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde and stumbled across this sentence:
I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ...
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How to use relative pronoun correctly?
This is the example sentence:
I take the bus regularly passing by my office, which is fully packed with
commuters.
In this sentence, I'd like to say that the bus "is fully packed with the ...
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Relative clause compared with other similar constructions
I don't quite trust the man [whom you recommend] [who should be sent to work there].
I don't quite trust the man [who you recommend should be sent to work there].
I don't quite trust the man [[whom ...
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articles and relative clauses [closed]
I want to test my understanding of articles with relative clauses.
He's already lost a phone he bought last week.
Only one phone had been bought. Listener doesn't know the phone.
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Can I use a relative clause and a reduced relative clause for the same noun?
I don't like the computer gifted to me by my father that doesn't have enough RAM.
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I don't like the computer that doesn't have enough RAM gifted to me by my father.
Can I use these sentences?
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Rephrase consecutive relative clauses with the relative pronoun 'that'
Sometimes I tend to use multiple relative clauses (especially with the relative pronoun 'that') after the same antecedent to provide a chain of information. However, I don't know if it sounds natural ...
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Relatives before the noun
This is a vast, exciting and some say quixotic project.
(Cambridge dictionary)
I can understand the meaning that only some people say it is quixotic. But the structure is somewhat rare, because in ...
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plurals with and without a definite article in a relative clause
My understanding of plurals with and without a definite article in a relative clause is given:
tribes: all tribes
the tribes: Some specific set of tribes
But the following sentences confuse me:
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a relative adverb "that" "where". Is it possible to say "the World Cup that..." instead of "the World Cup where..."?
This is the second World Cup in succession that Germany have failed
to get out of their group, suffering the same fate in Russia in 2018.
This is from BBC sports.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/...
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Use of '' of which'' in sentence
I need the wheat flour of which I bought 20 kg. two days ago.
I need the wheat flour 20 kg. of which I bought two days ago.
Where should I use '' 20 kg.'' in the sentences above or would these ...
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where clause and which clause
Sometimes we can see where clause, but I can't find out the difference between where and which clause or if it can only use where clause in some specific situations. The sentences below is two ...
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"I am John(,) from the USA" — Is the comma necessary?
When restrictive phrases are used to modify the noun, the speaker implies there is more than just one of that thing.
If there is only one, then a comma is needed so it is non-restrictive.
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Can I replace “from which” in this sentence by “where”
I have the original sentences:
We climbed to the top of the tower. We had a beautiful view from there.
We have been instructed to rewrite the above sentences using relative pronoun/relative adverb. ...
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"follow a trend of" vs. "follow a trend which leads to be”
Is the following grammatically wrong?
The global car companies follow a trend, which leads to be carbon neutral.
My teacher change it to The global car companies follow a trend of carbon neutrality.
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Defining or non defining relative clause?
In the passing away of Mr XYZ, we have lost a colossal sportsperson, who captured the nation’s imagination and...
Q: Do we need the comma after "sportsperson"? With the comma, does "who&...
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Do I need to use definite article and commas in a defining relative clause?
Do I need to use 'the' instead of 'a' here? Are the punctuation marks correct?
She gave him a reason. A reason, that was sufficient to burst a passion inside him so that he could reveal all his ...
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Use of "and hence" for short conclusions
I wrote:
Hydrochloric ions can influence the mutual solubility of IL and water and hence affect the extraction mechanism.
For several conclusions, I may use this construction. I would like to know ...
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Isn't it wrong to say "dependent clauses can't stand alone"?
Everyone says "dependent clauses are the ones that can't stand alone." I think that's a wrong interpretation of subordinate clauses. By that logic, even independent clauses can't stand alone....
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Function of "as" in "Something is as what we would like it to be"
Today I've come across an English sentence that is "Something is as we would like it to be."
According to English grammar and the context, I think "as" there can only be an adverb ...
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“I saw him who was smiling”
I saw him smiling.
Here the participle smiling acts as an adjective, right? I think something is omitted in the sentence. The complete sentence is:
I saw him who was smiling.
Is my concept ...
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How does inversion work when starting a relative clause? Am I wrong?
The other day I had to read a simple story and then summarize it briefly to my teacher. At one part I said something like:
The little boy was scared, so he ran where was Regina.
My teacher told me ...
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somewhere vs someplace vs some place
All examples are mine.
I'm curios which of them you consider correct and which not.
(1a) I know somewhere we can go.
(1b) I know somewhere where we can go.
(2a) I know someplace we can go.
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Should I use a comma before a reduced and defining relative clause in this sentence?
A simple linear relationship between force and displacement known as
Hooke's Law was discovered in the 1600s.
I wrote this sentence and intended to use a reduced and defining relative clause, "...
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Can "who will visit" in "The number of people who will visit Japan this year will reach 19 million. " be simplified into "who visit"
(1) It is estimated that the number of people who will visit Japan this year will reach 19 million.
(2) It is estimated that the number of people who visit Japan this year will reach 19 million.
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Should we use "the lesson" or " a lesson" in the first example and "a passage" or "the passage" in the second one?
Example 1. This video is an excerpt from the lesson in which we are doing a deep reading on a passage adapted from John Bohannon, "“Why You Shouldn’t Trust Internet Comments.”
Example 2. In this ...
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"The way" vs "how"?
'The way' and 'how' are not used together.
I know the way how he did it. (Incorrect).
I know the way he did it. (Correct)
Or,
I know how he did it. (Correct)
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the dollar bill my grandma gave me: relative clause
Consider these noun-phrases:
the dollar bill my grandma gave me
the woolen mittens my grandma gave me
Is my grandma gave me an integrated relative clause and if so, what are its antecedents in these ...
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The Place of the Relative Clause
Actually, I cannot find a good answer about where the relative clause is used.
1) There are a lot of people who do not like science-fiction movies in the world.
2) There are a lot of people in the ...
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Cohesion in tenses in Relative and Main clauses
I have a chart which illustrates the unemployment rates of five different countries in 2005, and I need to write a report about this chart. Which one of the following sentences is the correct one ?
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Can I omit the relative pronoun from this non defining clause
Ram, whom I called yesterday, is a very good boy.
Can this sentence be reduced to:
Ram, I called yesterday, is a very good boy.
My confusion arose after I saw somewhere that the relative pronoun can't ...
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Does "the day that I was born on" have the same meaning as "the day which I was born on"?
"May 19, 2004, was the day______________"
(a) which I was born on
(b) that I was born on"
Are (a) (b) grammatically correct and accepted by native speakers? I know that I can use &...
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Correct use of "being"
Is the use of being correct in the following sentence?
"Accordingly, similar reports were found in the literature, being possible to establish a link among the three definitions"
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Can relative pronoun omitted in this sentence? A post office is a place [where] you can buy stamps
Does this sentence need a relative pronoun (where) or not and it is a correct sentence in this form?
A post office is a place you can buy stamps.
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Which or That? which one to use before "oranges"?
Sentence: Here are oranges_____have been grown in South Africa.
Question: "which" or "that" or "both" would be correct to fill in the blanks of the above sentence?
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I'm so confused whether these clauses can be reduced or not
We know that defining relative clauses can be reduced. Let's look at some examples.
The boy whom I called yesterday knows you.
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The omission of conjunction 'that' in relative pronoun sentence
While studying english, a sudden question appeared in my head.
ex) He is a man who I think is honest.
this sentence can be divided in two:
1) He is a man
2) I think that he is honest.
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Which should I use, restrictive and non-restrictive clauses?
I know that you use a restrictive adjective clause when you refer to a proper noun.
ex) Horyuji, which is the oldest building in Japan, was built more
than 1000 years ago.
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