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- The relative clause can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. We can't drop the relative pronoun.
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The relative clause can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. We can't drop the relative pronoun. For example (clause after the object of the sentence): I'm looking for a secretary who / that can use a computer well. She has a son who / that is a doctor. We bought a house which / that is 200 years old.
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The windows that you installed last yearhave warped.Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. (Writer Mark Twain)The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. (US journalist Helen Rowland)The windows that you installed last yearhave warped.The film which you recommendedscared the kids half to death.The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. (Helen Rowland, 1876-1950)Do not put commas around your clause if it is essential; i.e., it is required to identify its noun. (This is called a restrictive clause.)Do use commas if your clause is just additional information. (This is called a non-restrictive clause.)Mark's dog which ate the chicken is looking guilty. (but in America or at least widely disliked)Mark's dog that ate the chickenis looking guilty.The relative pronoun is the subject/object of the relative clause, so we do not repeat the subject/object: Marie Curie is the woman who she discovered radium . ( who is the subject of discovered , so we don't need she )
Omitting the relative pronoun. Sometimes we can leave out the relative pronoun. For example, we can usually leave out who, which or that if it is followed by a subject. The assistant [that] we met was really kind. (we = subject, can omit that) We can't usually leave it out if it is followed by a verb. The assistant that helped us was really kind.
We can use relative clauses to combine clauses without repeating information. There are two types of relative clause: one type refers to a noun or noun phrase (these are defining and non-defining relative clauses) and the other type refers to a whole sentence or clause, especially in speaking.
You'll have noted in the above examples that the relative clause comes after the main independent clause. However, they can also spit up the independent clause. This is if they are qualifying a noun which is the subject of the sentence, in which case they are embedded within the main clause:
Relative clauses include additional information about a subject or object, and they usually come directly after the subject/object to which they refer. Example: The boy who is wearing glasses is Tony.
