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Defining Relative Clauses
person, people:
who
that
Things, animals
which
that
Object Positioned Def. Rel.Cl
Ommitting Rel. Pronoun
Person, People Object Positioned Def. Rel.Cl
whom
Person with Preposition
prep + whom
Things with Preposition
prep + which
Possession of People
whose + noun
Possession of Things
whose + noun
the noun of which
Possession with Preposition
prep+whose+ N
prep+ N of which
Place
where
which ... prep
that ... prep
XX ... prep
prep+ which
Time
when
that
--
prep + which
Reason
why
for + which
that
--
Non-Def Rel.Cl.
,that
Non-Def Rel.Cl.
, ommitting
some of whom
some of which
some of whose + N
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