relative clause

noun

a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, especially such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or ( that ) I wrote in Here's the letter ( that ) I wrote.

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The sentence would still be able to stand without the relative clause.

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Roth wrote about the joys of both “phonetic seduction” and “a finely calibrated relative clause.”

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They created a short online grammar quiz called Which English? that tested noun–verb agreement, pronouns, prepositions and relative clauses, among other linguistic elements.

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It is used in questions and relative clauses, which are rarer and more complex than “he saw him” type sentences.

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When an item is modified by a relative clause, and its role inside the clause is the object of the verb, the reader is faced with a long span between the filler and the gap.

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relative bearing relative complement

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