When the pronouns who, whom, whose, which, and that are used to introduce dependent clauses they are relative pronouns.
When the pronouns who, whom, whose, and which are used to introduce a question, they are interrogative pronouns.
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Relative pronouns
Relative words are words that are used to introduce dependent clauses in a sentence, providing more information about a noun or pronoun. Examples of relative words include who, whom, whose, which, and that. These words help connect different parts of a sentence and provide additional details or descriptions.
The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, that.The man who fixed the dishwasher was recommended by my sister.The people to whom we sent an invitation are all current customers.The person whose mailbox I hit was very nice about it.Discussing which movie to see, we decided on the animated penguins.The notice that I got said that I had thirty days to respond.NOTE: The five relative pronouns also serve other functions; they are relative pronouns when they introduce a relative clause (which are in italics).
Relative pronouns are used to connect independent and dependent clauses in a sentence. Examples of relative pronouns include "who," "whom," "whose," "which," and "that," and they introduce relative clauses that provide more information about a noun in the main clause. For example, in the sentence "The girl who won the race is my friend," "who" is the relative pronoun connecting the two clauses and providing more information about "the girl."
Yes, the relative pronounsare who, whom, whose, which, that.Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause, a type of subordinate (dependent) clause that 'relates' to the antecedent. For example:The manwhosecar was damagedwas angry.The word 'whose' is also an interrogative pronoun, a word that introduces a question:Whose car was damaged?