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Alanou wrote: 1. I 've been studying adjective clause via a site. http://netgrammar.altec.org/Units/Unit_10/a101c10_101000.html . A piece of sentence in it that I couldn't understand, "If the subject relative pronoun is followed by the verb be in any tense, both the relative pronoun and the...

"If the subject relative pronoun is followed by the verb be in any tense, both the relative pronoun and the verb be can be omitted " This is also called Whiz-Deletion (from which is, who is). The person who is meeting with us today is the manager of manufacturing. > The person meeting...

1. I 've been studying adjective clause via a site. http://netgrammar.altec.org/Units/Unit_10/a101c10_101000.html . A piece of sentence in it that I couldn't understand, "If the subject relative pronoun is followed by the verb be in any tense, both the relative pronoun and the verb be can be...

1) The story (that I wrote) was published. --> Here, "that" is a relative pronoun referring to "the story," and it is the object of the verb "wrote." This sentence can be divided into two: The story was published. I wrote the story. ("the story" becomes "that" or "which" when this sentence...

How to reduce Noun Clauses: 1. Noun Clauses to Gerund Phrases: When you change noun clauses to gerund phrase, you must first change the verb in the noun clause to its- ing form ; as show in the following . Examples: 1.Full: They admit that they have problems at school. ...

J Lewis wrote:Book is the object of the verb have, but which is the subject of the verb is.Do you remember the man who(m)/that/- we met?Do you remember the man who spoke to us?In both these sentences man is the object of remember, but the relative pronoun is the object of met in one case and...

Book is the object of the verb have, but which is the subject of the verb is.Do you remember the man who(m)/that/- we met?Do you remember the man who spoke to us?In both these sentences man is the object of remember, but the relative pronoun is the object of met in one case and the subject of...

The man shouted loudly, which was even frantic, to calm the crowd."That tells me the relative pronoun refers back to the man."Nowhich can not be a proform of a noun refers to person: "the man"; it should be that or who!This sentence is wrong any way you slice it. Sorry, I was not paying attention...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:below is the original sentence:The man shouted loudly, (which was) even frantically, to calm the crowd".The man shouted loudly, even frantically, to calm the crowd".By using the brackets the writer was trying to make us aware that the clause is ellipted."which was" is not...

Below is the orginal sentence. For example. The dog which was even frantically barked at me. Which clause as adjective is modified the dog I agree with you that which clause is also a subordinate clause. But a subordinate clause is either introduced by relative pronouns such as which,that or...