THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS doc

THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS
I. THE GENERAL RULES:
FUNCTION/ANTECEDENT

PERSON THINGS/ANIMALS
SUBJECT WHO WHICH
OBJECT WHOM WHICH
POSSESSIVE WHOSE WHOSE/ OF WHICH
II. EXAMPLES:
1. Do you know the man who wrote these poem?
2. my employer, whom I dislike, works in the next room.
3. Is that the man for whom you have been waiting?
4. Alex Cook is a man whose opinions I respect.
5. That is the girl whose father works in the foundery.
6. Swimming, which is a sport, makes people strong.
7. The flowers which you bought are beautiful.
III. EXERCISE
1. The womwn understands me best. She is my mother.
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2. The park has a lake in it. The park is near our house.
 The park
3. This article praises national heroes. The history books have forgotten them.
 This article
4. I’ll introduce you to the man. His support for the project is essential.
 I’ll introduce
5. The dam is nearly empty. We receive our water supply from it.
 The dam
6. I put my watch in a certain place. I cannot remember the place.
 I put
7. The clerk doesn’t work here anymore. You asked about him.
 The clerk

8. He sold me a dozen eggs. Half of them were bad.
 He sold
9. I never again meet the man. He gave us so much help in Paris.
> I never