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Relative Pronouns
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Use of Relative pronouns :
For Reasons,Time and Places : :!?:
When
Why
Where
That
In formal English we use:
Which
Informal: The restaurant
WHERE
we meet yesterday
Formal: The restaurant at
WHICH
we meet Yesterday
For Objects: :pencil2:
That
Whose
Which
For People: :silhouette:
Whose
Whom
Only common in formal styles
It becomes less formal if you put the preposition in the end
That
Who
More informal and very use in modern and spoken English
WHY?
:
To make it clear about who or what think we´re talking about
Where?
use after a noun
We can't use
What
or
How
as a Pronoun :no_entry:
Because they can follow this rule :red_flag:
The information next to the pronoun calls:
RELATIVE CLAUSE
:checkered_flag:
Non-Difining Clauses
GIVE US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON OR THE THING
If eliminate this information the listener can be know about what or who are talking about
The pronoun
WHICH
sometimes give us additional information :warning:
We need to check if this pronoun is very useful for the main information
We can
drop
de relative pronouns? :
Yes but is not recommendable in formal English and only can drop a few pronouns like: :warning:
Who
You can drop this pronoun when is next to the preposition :warning:
that
You can drop
When
or
Why
in the same way you drop this Pronoun :check:
The reason
WHY
/
THAT
I call you
The reason I call you
Whom
Only if the information is related by
Object :check:
Did you find the ball
that
I threw?
Did you find the ball I threw?
Not for Subject :red_cross:
The girl
WHO
left his shoe in the party