A relative clause can be used to give additional information about a noun. They are introduced by a relative pronoun like 'that', 'which', 'who', 'whose', 'where' and 'when'. For example: I won’t ...

An essential relative clause provides necessary, defining information about the noun. On the other hand, non‐ essential relative clauses provide additional, non‐necessary information about the noun.

“Every one of us have a role to play” or “Every one of us has a role to play”? “A bunch of students were waiting outside” or “a bunch of students was waiting outside”? “It is I who am here” or “It is ...

It is argued that the proposed reanalysis of the circumstantial sḏm(.f)/sḏm.n(.f) as the unconverted/non-transposed forms of the simple suffix conjugation, i.e ...

Journal of East Asian Linguistics, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan., 1995), pp. 29-58 (30 pages) Relative clauses in Japanese and Korean appear to represent a minimal contrast: modern Japanese lacks the affixal ...

1. Relative clauses are “embedded” grammatical structures, contained inside other grammatical structures. 2. Relative clauses play a central role in English discourse. 3. Relative clause knowledge is ...

Modifying sentences containing relative clauses is no easy task! Because relative clauses play a central role in English discourse, modifying text can result in awkward or unnatural discourse. However ...