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RELATIVE PRONOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
RELATIVE PRONOUN. A PRONOUN that alone or as part...in the woman on whom I rely . The relative pronoun refers to an antecedent ( the man...whom ( ever ). That can be used as a relative pronoun in place of who , whom , or which...
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PRONOUN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...interrogative pronouns ( who , what , etc.); relative pronouns ( who , that , etc.); indefinite...than one subclass: who is an interrogative pronoun in Who is that? and a relative pronoun in the child who did that … Some may...
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pronoun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pronoun in English, the part of speech used as...demonstrative ( this, these, that, those ), relative ( who, which, that, as ), indefinite...myself, herself ). The case of the pronoun depends upon its function in the sentence...
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RELATIVE CLAUSE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...It may be introduced by a RELATIVE PRONOUN such as who , which , that , or by a phrase containing a relative pronoun, such as for which , to whom...certain circumstances, the relative pronoun may be omitted: ( the music...
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WELSH ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...aven't done nothin’ to nobody , see? ); them as a demonstrative adjective ( them things ); as as a relative pronoun ( the one as played for Cardiff ); non-standard verb forms ( She catched it , The coat was all tore ); 'isself...
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BIRMINGHAM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...ago and We'll go up town tomorrow ; use of her instead of she , as in What's 'er doing then? ; use of as as a relative pronoun, as in It wasn't 'im as went ; use of /dai/ for did not , especially with know , as in They dai know where...
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CLEFT SENTENCE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...focused item. The rest is a relative clause. A similar device is...subject is generally a nominal relative clause , the verb is a form...Similar are sentences in which a pronoun or noun phrase with general...used instead of the nominal relative clause: Something I badly...
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CLAUSE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...major types: nominal or noun clause , relative or ADJECTIVE CLAUSE , and ADVERBIAL CLAUSE...functions similar to those of a noun or pronoun, such as subject or object; for example...compare The committee stated that ). Relative clauses have a function shared with that...
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SENTENCE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...subordination. However, dependence is relative: what are generally recognized as sentences...other sentences through such devices as pronoun substitution and connective ADVERBIALS...Instead, reference can be made to the relative independence of the unit and its internal...
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NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...Ireland, and is the outcome of long, stable settlement and relative remoteness. Many Newfoundland townies have features of pronunciation...In some areas, the form un or ən as a masculine pronoun and for it : Tom kicked un (the shovel). If, however...
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