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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Relative Adjective and Relative Pronouns
I'm having trouble understanding relative adjectives and relative pronouns.
My english book only gives sentence examples using each, but it doesn't tell me how to use them or why. It also doesn't tell me how to differinciate between the two. Can you help me with this delima?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
My english book only gives sentence examples using each, but it doesn't tell me how to use them or why. It also doesn't tell me how to differinciate between the two. Can you help me with this delima?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
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The adjective has a noun referent someplace (usually after it): He didn't tell me what suit he was going to wear. There are only 2 relative adjectives, which and what. The pronoun doesn't: He didn't tell me what he was going to wear .
- The adjective has a noun referent someplace (usually after it): He didn't tell me what suit he was going to wear.
- There are only 2 relative adjectives, which and what.
- The pronoun doesn't: He didn't tell me what he was going to wear .
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The adjective has a noun referent someplace (usually after it): He didn't tell me what suit he was going to wear. There are only 2 relative adjectives, which and what.
The pronoun doesn't: He didn't tell me what he was going to wear.
The pronoun doesn't: He didn't tell me what he was going to wear.
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hi Mister Micawber! can you please define what is a Relative Adjective? i just need it for my report tomorrow.
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Hello, ItsIrishHere—and thanks for joining up.
Here's a definition from an online dictionary:
RELATIVE ADJECTIVE: a pronominal adjective that introduces a clause qualifying an antecedent (as 'which' in “our next meeting will be on Monday, at which time a new chairman will be elected”) or a clause functioning as a substantive (as 'what' in “I do not know what course
Here's a definition from an online dictionary:
RELATIVE ADJECTIVE: a pronominal adjective that introduces a clause qualifying an antecedent (as 'which' in “our next meeting will be on Monday, at which time a new chairman will be elected”) or a clause functioning as a substantive (as 'what' in “I do not know what course
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