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  • Meaning of Relative Pronoun
  • Defining Versus Non-Defining Relative Clauses

A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or a phrase to a noun or pronoun. The clause modifies or qualifies the noun.

The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that. Sometimes, when and where can be used as relative pronouns as well.

Relative pronouns are placed directly after the noun or pronoun which they qualify.

Examples:

 

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1. The driver who ran away had knocked down the boy.
2. The children whom we love dearly need better education.
3. Never go to a doctor whose qualifications are in doubt.
4. The book which is now out of print has all the information you need.
5. This is the book that everyone is talking about.

In each of the examples above, the subject of the sentence is described by a relative clause (which has been emphasized). Since these clauses describe or qualify a 

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