Mt.

SAC
Unit 14
Ms. Marina McLaughlin M.S. TESOL

Review

Subject relative pronouns used in Chapter 13:

Subject Relative
Pronouns

Use

Who/that

People

Which/that

Places or Things

Whose + noun

Show possession or
relationship

Grammar Note 1
A relative pronoun can also be the object of an adjective

clause.
objec her on TV.
Eva is a writer. I saw
t
objec

subjec
Eva,t who
t I saw on TV, is a writer.

Notice the Difference:

Eva, subjec
who likes ice cream, is my neighbor.
t

Grammar Note 1

Notice the Differences:

Eva, who I saw on TV, is a writer.
S1

O S
2

V2

The relative pronoun is

the object.

V1

The relative pronoun

Eva, who likes ice cream, is my neighbor.
S1

S
2

V2

V1

is the subject.

Grammar Note 2
Identifying Adjective Clause (we need the information):

I read a lot of books. The book which I just finished was

very moving.
No comma is
necessary

Non-identifying Adjective Clause (extra information):

I read a lot of books. The Great Gatsby, which I just

finished, was very moving.

Use commas around the adjective

clause

Grammar Note 3
Object Relative Pronouns used
for People

Formalit
y more

Whom
Who
That
Omission (no pronoun used)
Object Relative Pronouns used
for Things

les
s
more

Which
That
Omission (no pronoun used)
les
s

See example
sentences on
page 226 in
your
textbooks.

Grammar Note 4
The relative pronouns who(m), that, which, and whose

can be the object of a preposition.

Hes the writer. I work for him.
Hes the writer who I work for.
Notice the Difference:
Hes the writer. I met him.
Hes the writer who I met.

Grammar Note 4

In formal English we put the preposition at the beginning of the

clause. When the preposition is at the beginning, we use only
whom (not who or that) for people, and which (not that) for things.

Hes the writer for whom I work.

Thats the book about which he spoke.

In everyday spoken English and in informal writing, we put the

preposition at the end of the clause.

Hes the writer who I work for.

Thats the book that he spoke about.

Grammar Note 5

When and where can also begin adjective clauses.

a. Use where for a place.

Thats the library where she works.

b. Use when or that for a time.

I remember the day when I met him.

I remember the day that I met him.