A relative pronoun relates to another noun preceding it in the sentence. In doing so, it connects a dependent clause to an antecedent noun, acting as the subject or the object of the dependent clause. Five examples of relative pronouns are:
who/whom
whoever/whomever
whose
that
which
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Relative pronouns
A relative noun is a type of noun that is used to connect two clauses in a sentence. It introduces a relative clause, providing additional information about the noun it modifies. Examples include "who," "which," and "that."
Five kinds of pronouns are:personal pronouns; I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.possessive adjectives: my, your, our, his, her, their, its.interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which, whose.
When the pronouns who, whom, whose, which, and that are used to introduce dependent clauses they are relative pronouns.When the pronouns who, whom, whose, and which are used to introduce a question, they are interrogative pronouns.
Relative pronouns describe and introduce relative clauses, which provide additional information about a noun that was mentioned earlier in the sentence. They connect the dependent clause to the main clause and serve as a bridge between the two parts of the sentence. Examples of relative pronouns include "who," "which," "that," "whose," and "whom."