Yet, I can not figure out the correct punctuation for the following sentence and would love your input. Hi Adam, I have seen all of your videos at least once, many several times. I also know that “that” can be used to refer to people, as it sounds more general in certain situations, like in:

The house the roof of which leaks is very old.Ĭlearly, the house is an inanimate object, so which of the two sentences (relative pronouns, to be more exact) would you say is more correct or frequent in the situations when the possession is related to a thing? In this sentence, the adjective clause “whose car got scratched” identifies the man (as it is a defining/restrictive relative clause). The man whose car got scrathed yesterday lives next door. During your lesson, you used an example sentence like “the car whose left door is sratched…”. people), and “which” for inamiate objects (not living things). When we did grammar, we were generally taught that for expressing possession “whose” is mainly used for animate objects (i.e. I am to become a teacher soon, I have one year left till graduation, and I would like to ask a question. I really like watching and listening to your lessons, hopefully, one day I should become as good as you are. Look at the sentence diagram, and it will help you see what I mean.Hello, Adam. Jack = subject, built = verb, that = direct object That is also acting as the direct object within the clause. It is linking the word house with the whole clause. Notice that both clauses have a subject and a verb.

The independent clause is This is the house. Subject, object, or some kind of modifier within the adjective clause. :)Ĭool thing about relative pronouns is that they also act as the

Did you notice that the noun that comes directly before the clause is the noun that the clause is modifying? Good. Relative pronouns link the clause with the word that the clause is modifying.

The book which I had not read fell on my head.

People whose cats shedneed to vacuum often.

The person who made the mess needs to clean it.

Most of the time, relative clauses are introduced by certain words called relative pronouns. Relative Pronouns Can Introduce Adjective Clauses

What are adjective clauses