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Meanings of
relative pronoun
in English
Russian
относительные местоимения
Portuguese
pronome relativo
Catalan
pronoms relatius
Spanish
pronombre relativo
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Type of pronoun that marks a relative clause.
Related terms
word class
Russian
относительные местоимения
Usage of
relative pronoun
in English
1
The use of the
relative
pronoun
trips the greatest number of authors.
2
Au-nish, interrogative pronoun what; au-naw-tchi,
relative
pronoun
what; e-we,
relative
pronoun
that.
3
The
relative
pronoun
is often omitted when it should be expressed.
4
Frequently there is no connecting word, a
relative
pronoun
being understood.
5
When several relative clauses relate to the same antecedent, they should have the same
relative
pronoun
.
6
Adverbs are often employed where a preposition with a
relative
pronoun
would better express the sense.
7
We may notice, too, that the
relative
pronoun
,
unlike the rest, is necessarily syncategorematic, for the same reason as the subjunctive mood.
8
Culture Some people are bothered by the use of "that" instead of "who" when the
relative
pronoun
refers to a person, not a thing.
9
Relative
pronouns
have the singular and plural alike.
10
There are in Japanese no
relative
pronouns
and no temporal conjunctions; conjunctions, that is, for connecting consecutive events.
11
If Sen. Bricker is serious about fixing the Constitution, he should first brush up on his
relative
pronouns
.
12
Who and whom are
relative
pronouns
.
13
The compound
relative
pronouns
are:-
14
Adverbs for
Relative
Pronouns
15
+Caution+.-Severalconnected relative clauses relating to the same antecedent require the same
relative
pronoun
.
16
Nothing was omitted, however, and nothing was added except
relative
pronouns
,
parts of "to be," and other such neutral connectives.
Other examples for "relative pronoun"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
relative
pronoun
relative
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
relative pronoun
Russian
относительные местоимения
Portuguese
pronome relativo
Catalan
pronoms relatius
relatiu
pronom relatiu
Spanish
pronombre relativo
Relative pronoun
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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