Kind of clause and kind of sentence?

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2010-07-28 2:00 am

1. I know the man who you met yesterday.
"who', a relative pronoun, functions as a subordinating conjunction making the clause "who you met yesterday" a dependent clause, and the sentence a "complex" sentence.

2. I know the man who wears a red shirt.

Refer to sentence 2.
a. What is the function of "who" ?
b. Is "who wears a red shirt" a dependent or independent clause?
c. What kind of sentence is 2.?

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2010-07-28 2:21 am

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"Who you met yesterday" is an adjective clause.

Number two is exactly the same kind of sentence. Both have an independent and a subordinate (dependent) clause. The function of "who" is the same as it is in sentence one. "Who wears a red shirt" is an adjective clause, and that means it's a dependent clause just like the adjective clause in sentence one. Sentence two is a complex sentence because it has a main (independent) clause: "I know the man," and a dependent clause: "who wears a red shirt."

Your teacher (or the book) couldn't have given better instructions or a better explanation.

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