Reduced Relative Clause

The sentences are fine. It's your use of articles that might/might not need further fine-tuning, which is a bit tricky to provide without knowing the context behind the sentences.

yellowstarstruck1. Where is the man who is driving a car?

The "a" before "car" sounds a bit odd...I am guessing "the" is better, but it's hard to sa

yellowstarstruck Are these ok?1. Where is the man who is driving a car?2. Where is the man who is wearing a striped shirt and glasses?3. Where are the three boys who are talking outside?4. Where are the two men who are riding motorcycles?Thanks, Fulvio

Why do you call the relative clauses put in your post as the "reduced" ones?

My understanding is tha

My understanding of reduced relative clause or zero clause is you can leave the relative pronoun in or omit it but the sentence still makes sense. Where is the man who is driving the Ferrari? Where is the man driving the Ferrari?

The second of your questions is a reduced relative clause. The first is not.

yellowstarstruckMy understanding of reduced relative clause or zero clause is you can leave the relative pronoun in or omit it but the sentence still makes sense. Where is the man who is driving the Ferrari? Where is the man driving the Ferrari?

You have also left out the verb "is" (not only the pronoun "who") in the question Where is the man driving the Fe

This used to be called "Whiz Deletion", the deletion of a wh-word and a form of be.

CJ

1. Where is the man driving the Ferrari?
2. Where is the man who is driving the Ferrari?
Both correct. "who is" can be omitted as in 1 and have the same the meaning as 2. Both are called the zero relative clause.

yellowstarstruck1. Where is the man driving the Ferrari?2. Where is the man who is driving the Ferrari?Both correct. "who is" can be omitted as in 1 and have the same the meaning as 2. Both are called the zero relative clause.

On the contrary, a zero relative clause omits the relative pronoun, and it is not grammatical when the omitted pronoun is the subject o

CalifJimOn the contrary, a zero relative clause omits the relative pronoun, and it is not grammatical when the omitted pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you could also omit the be verb as well.
Where is the man driving the Ferrari?

yellowstarstruckI thought you could also omit the be verb as well.

No, you can't omit any verbs, at least not according to all the websites where I looked up the definition of the term "zero relative".

CJ