Relative Pronouns and Adjective Clauses點解?????（10分)

A relative pronoun "relates" a subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence. It may be found in adjective and noun clauses.
A relative pronoun is found only in sentences with more than one clause.
In modern English there are five relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, and whose.
All but that can also be interrogative pronouns. That may also be a demonstrative pronoun.
In addition, these pronouns may take the suffixes -ever and -soever.



Examples (relative pronouns italicized):
He who laughs last laughs best. (Adjective clause)
I cannot believe that he said it. (Noun clause)
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000370.htm

Before we can talk about how to make adjective clauses, let me give you some examples of the different kinds of adjective clauses. Click on the green question mark to understand the different types better.


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Subject Adjective Clauses
The people who came to my party had a good time.


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Object Adjective Clauses
The turkey that my father cooked was delicious.


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Possessive Adjective Clauses
The woman whose baby cried during dinner was my sister, Karen.


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Location Adjective Clauses
The house where we had the party belongs to my Uncle Kenneth.
Adjective clauses are often used to make clear which person or thing we are writing or talking about. For example, you have a picture of three dinosaurs. Adjective clauses can help the reader or listener know which one you are referring to when you give their names.

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The dinosaur that is on the left is a brontosaurus.
The dinosaur that is in the middle is a tyranosaurus rex.
The dinosaur that is on the right is a stegasaurus.
When an adjective clause is used to tell the reader or listener "which one" or "which ones," no commas are used. All of the examples we have seen so far are this type of adjective clause.
Here is another example. We are discussing different groups of students. The adjective clauses explain which group we are referring to.

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The students who eat a good breakfast do better in class.
The students who skip breakfast cannot concentrate in class.
All the rules we have learned about adjective clauses so far are for this type of adjective clause.
http://online.ohlone.cc.ca.us/~mlieu/adjclause/what_h.html

Relative Pronoun 就係(what,whom,where,who,whose,that...)呢d 字~
而個adjective Clauses就係跟住relative pronoun 後面戈d野*....

例如:::The food that my mum cooked was great.(我媽媽煮既野食好好味)

relative pronoun = that
adjective clauses = my mum cooked

其實clauses 係補充既意思* 可有可冇....
冇左...就會係:::::::::: the food was great. 都係一句句字

兩個分別在於 relative pronoun 係一個字...
而adjective clauses 就係一個短句...可以係 subject + verb / subject + verb + object
我上面個例子就只係得 subject( my mum) + verb (cooked)

希望你明多dd 啦 ^^

A relative clause--also called an adjective or adjectival clause--will meet three requirements. First, it will contain a subject and verb. Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose, that, or which] or a relative adverb [when, where, or why]. Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the questions What kind? How many? or Which one? The relative clause will follow one of these two patterns:
Relative Pronoun [or Relative Adverb] + Subject + Verb = Incomplete Thought
Relative Pronoun [Functioning as Subject] + Verb = Incomplete Thought
Avoid creating a sentence fragment.
A relative clause does not express a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence. To avoid writing a fragment, you must connect each relative clause to a main clause. Read the examples below. Notice that the relative clause follows the word that it describes.
There are two types of relative clause: defining and non-defining. You use a defining (or restrictive) relative clause to ‘identify’ or ‘restrict the reference of’ a noun. You do not separate it from the rest of the sentence by commas (in text) or pauses (in speech).
The student who achieves the highest GPA score in this department will be awarded a prize of $20,000.
Computer games that involve fighting and shooting apparently have a negative effect on young people.
You use a non-defining (or non-restrictive) relative clause to supply additional information about the noun, whose identity or reference is already established. You can also use it to comment on the whole situation described in a main clause.
Albert Einstein, who put forward the theory of relativity, is considered by many as the most intelligent person in human history.
The ELC, which provides language support to PolyU students, is located in the AG wing.
You should not use the relative pronoun that in non-defining relative clauses.