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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

A relative clause

We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.
Please elaborate on the use of "a" before "relative clause"?
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Jigneshbharati By combining sentences with a relative clause, "clause" is a singular, countable noun; therefore, it requires a determiner. "a" and "the" are the most common determiners, so one of those is usual. The choices are "a relative clause" and "the relative clause".

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati By combining sentences with a relative clause, "clause" is a singular, countable noun; therefore, it requires a determiner.
  • "a" and "the" are the most common determiners, so one of those is usual.
  • The choices are "a relative clause" and "the relative clause".
  • But it can't be "the" because there is no specific relative clause to refer to.
  • When the writer uses "the", he is saying that we all know which thing in the real world he is talking about.
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JigneshbharatiBy combining sentences with a relative clause,
"clause" is a singular, countable noun; therefore, it requires a determiner. "a" and "the" are the most common determiners, so one of those is usual. The choices are "a relative clause" and "the relative clause". But it can't be "the" because there is no specific relative clause to r
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