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Relat*ve clauses - Coggle Diagram

- - - - I used to live in one of those houses. They have now been demolished.
        I used(main clause) to live in one of those houses that have now been demolished. (relative clause)
        
        I used to lie in one of those houses that they have now been demolished. (NOT CORRECT)
        
        Jack has prepared his favourite dish from Jamine Smith's recipe book, which he is about to eat.
        Jack has prepared his favourite dish, which he is about to eat, from Jamie Smoth's recipe book.
        
        People who came from Wales are often quite musical. (rel. clause)
        Welsh people are often quite musical. (adjective)
        People from Wales are often quite musical. (prepositional phrase)
  - - - Last week I saw that film which(subject relative pronoun) won all the Oscars. ()
        Last week I saw the film which (object relative pronoun) you made at college.
        Last week I saw the film you made at college.
  - - - Is this the book that you were looking for?
        Would all these who have booked dinner please go to the restaurant now?
        Van Gogh was an artist who used a lot of bold, vibrant colours.
        It is always violent crime that provokes the most extreme reaction from the public.
  - - - ITV's News at Ten, which occupied the mid-evening slot for many years, was a very popular programme.
        Heskey passed the ball the ball to Owen, who scared a magnificent goal.
  - - - The tribespeople, who traded with the settlers, retained their land.
        (All of the tribespeople retained their land, and, incidentally, they traded with the settlers.)
        The tribespeople who traded with the settlers retained their land. (Only some of the tribespeople retained their land - this defines a group)
        
        We asked for the double room which had a sea view.
        
        We were given a lovely double room ( ), which had a sea view.
        I first met Harry Gardiner ( ), who eventually became my father-in-love ( ), at a Law Society meeting.
  - - - Have you seen the little case that/which I keep my contact lenses in?
        
        This system provides a case in which the contact lenses can be kept.
        ...
        
        The people who this report is addressed to will have consider carefully the consequences of the proposed cuts.
        
        The people to whom this report is addressed will have to consider carefully the consequences of the proposed cuts.
        
        This is the house where I grew up/ which I grew up in / in which I grew up.
  - - - Marilyn was the women living in the flat underneath us at the time. ( = ... who lived/was living in...)
        The clauses struck out of the agreement were all unimportant. (=...which were struck out/which we struck out...)
        Newton was the first person to really understand the laws of gravity. (= who really understood...)
- - - - Is Sheba the dog who was run over and nearly killed last year?
        I am referring to the person with whom you were seen on that evening.
        When he came home, he was unusually attentive, which made her very suspicious. (refers to the fac ' he was unusually attentive)
        Ms Harrison is the lawyer who/that has been chosen to represent you.
        It would only be possible to colonise planets whose atmosphere contained enough oxygen to sustain human life. ( = the atmosphere of which)
        The girl ( who) I met in the florist's was at the party. (=I met the girl)
        The girl who works for the florist in the high treet was at the party.
        Last year's winner presented the cup , which each holder keeps for the year.
        Mpozart's birthplace and the house where he composed " The Magic Flute" are both now museums.
        Mpozart's birthplace and the house that he composed " The Magic Flute" in are both now museums.
        I remeber- it was the day when-that the heatwave started.
        The attacks continued up to the day on which the agreement was signed.
        Sometimes he thought her clear morality was the reason why/that he loved her.
        High taxation is often the main reason for which governments fall.
        It's (the place) where that rock festival is held every year.
      - no people, things, animals
        
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      - no people, things, animals
        
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      - no people, things, animals
        
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  - - - The supermarket removed from the shelves all of its jars of tomato puree, several of which were found to contain fragments of glass.
        The college entered over a hundred students for the exam, all of whom passed.
        We interviewed fourteen applicants for the post, none of whom we thought suitable.
  - - - Use whichever phone you want - they all have outside lines.
        I'd like to meet whoever did that to the garden hedge!
        You can put the photot wherever you think it looks best. I don't mind.