Difference between revisions of "Relative Clause (definition)"

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*the ''man'' '''who I saw last week'''
 
*the ''man'' '''who I saw last week'''
*the ''book'' "that I left on the table''
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*the ''book'' '"that I left on the table'''
 
   
 
   
  

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A relative clause is a clause that modifies a noun. For example, the bold phased strings in the following sentences are clauses that modify the italicized noun. They are often introduced with a wh-word or a complementizer, although these can be omitted.

  • the man who I saw last week
  • the book '"that I left on the table



References

Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

See Also