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Relative pronoun

A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces an adjective clause. The relative pronouns in English are:

  • who - used if the pronoun refers to a person or personified entity
  • whose - the possessive pronoun (often confused with "who's", which is a contraction for "who is".
  • whom - in formal English, the objective case of who
  • which - used to introduce a nonrestrictive clause if the pronoun refers to an inanimate object
  • that - used to introduce a restrictive clause and can refer only to inanimate objects in some speakers' idiolects

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