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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Chapter 17: Relative Pronouns.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> Subordinate Clauses • • • • •. Also known as dependent clauses. Can’t stand alone in a sentence. Do not express a complete thought. Attached to main/independent clauses. Contain subject and predicate, but sound incomplete when they stand alone..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Relative Pronouns • In English, the relative pronouns are that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whose, whosoever, whomever. • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim. – Main clause: The boy is named Jim. – Subordinate clause: whom I love.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> Relative Pronouns • Refer back to an antecedent in the main clause. • An antecedent is the noun or noun phrase to which a pronoun refers. • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim. – Pronoun: whom – Antecedent: boy.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> Relative Pronoun • Relative clause provides extra information about the antecedent that is not necessary for comprehension of the main clause. • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim. – Without the relative clause: The boy is named Jim..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> Relative Pronoun • Since it refers back to the antecedent, they agree in gender and number. • The relative pronoun gets its case from its function in the relative clause. • Ex: The boy whom I love is named Jim. – Gender: masculine (refers back to the boy) – Number: singular (there’s only one boy) – Case: accusative (direct object of verb ‘love’ in the relative clause).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> Relative Pronouns Singular F N quae quod. Nom. M qui. Gen Dat. cuius cui. cuius cui. cuius quorum quarum quorum cui quibus quibus quibus. Acc quem. quam. quod. quā. quō. Abl. quō. M qui. Plural F quae. quos. quas. quibus quibus. N quae. quae quibus.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> Relative Clauses • Usually, they begin with the relative pronoun and end with the verb of the subordinate clause. • Ex: Puella cui librum dat est fortunata..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> Relative Clauses Relative pronouns can also be used in conjunction with prepositions. Viros ad civitatem in quā eras misit. If you use the preposition cum, it gets attached to the end of the relative. Nauta quōcum navigavisti te laudavit..

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