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Kamis, 07 November 2013

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES



Adjective clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adjective in another clause or phrase. The goal of an adjective clause is to add more information to a noun or a pronoun


Adjective clauses begin with one of the relative pronouns such as :
1.      Who : Used for humans in subject position.
Example : The lady who teaches in Political Science department is my mentor.

2.      Whom : Used for humans in object position.
Example : The doctor whom you see in the room is my father

3.      Which : Used only for things or animals in both subject or object of the clause
Example : The dress which Melati bought was expensive

4.      That : Used for humans, animals, or things, in subject or object position (less formal than whom and which)
Example : The lion that escaped last night was captured

5.      Whose : Used to show possession/ownership of an object
Example : They know the person whose car was broken last night

6.      When : Refers to a time (in + year, in + month, on + day,...). It cannot be a subject
Example : I will never forget the day when I graduated

7.      Where : Used to describe the noun place (country, city, building, house, room, street, and so on)
Example : I love the beach where you brought me last year


Problem:
Still confused to distinguish between an adjective clause and noun clause

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