FORMAL & INFORMAL RELATIVE CLAUSES

FORMAL & INFORMAL RELATIVE CLAUSES

FORMAL vs INFORMAL

•If the verb in the relative clause is followed by a preposition ON, TO, FOR, WITH, then…

•There are 2 ways to form a relative clause

FORMAL

- The preposition becomes before the relative pronoun.

- We use the relative pronoun WHOM instead of WHO.

EXAMPLE: The woman to whom I talked was very nice.

INFORMAL

•The preposition comes after the verb.

• The pronoun is usually omitted.

Example: The woman (WHO) I talked to was very nice.