Pronouns

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence, helping to avoid repetition.

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What are relative pronouns?

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Relative pronouns are pronouns that introduce relative clauses, providing more information about a noun. Examples include who, whom, whose, which, and that.

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When do we use 'who'?

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We use 'who' to refer to people and as the subject of a relative clause.

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When do we use 'whom'?

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We use 'whom' to refer to people and as the object of a relative clause.

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When do we use 'whose'?

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We use 'whose' to indicate possession in relation to people or things.

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When do we use 'which'?

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We use 'which' to refer to animals or things, often in non-defining relative clauses.

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When do we use 'that'?

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We use 'that' to refer to people, animals, or things, typically in defining relative clauses.

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What is a defining relative clause?

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A defining relative clause provides essential information about the noun it modifies, without which the sentence would not make sense.

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What is a non-defining relative clause?

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A non-defining relative clause adds extra information about a noun but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence.

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Example of a sentence with 'who'.

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The teacher who taught me is retiring.