Adjective clause
a relative clause that modifies a noun or pr-noun, as the clause that i told you about in this is the book that i told you about and who saw us in it was she who saw us.
historical examples
subst-tute (if possible) an adjective clause for each adjective phrase in the sentences you have just written.
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an adjective clause may be introduced by the relative pr-nouns, who, which or that.
plain english marian wharton
subst-tute for each an adjective phrase; an adjective clause ( 467468).
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a dependent clause in a complex sentence may also be an adjective clause.
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if it is used as an adjective,—if it modifies a noun or pr-noun,—it is an adjective clause.
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an adjective clause may modify any noun or any word used as a noun in the sentence.
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here gentleman (a complement in the main clause) is modified by the adjective clause who was born in the village (a).
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whom i wanted is an adjective clause modifying the noun man.
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we are sometimes confused as to which relative pr-noun to use in introducing an adjective clause.
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the simple subject may be modified by an adjective, an adjective phrase, or an adjective clause.
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grammar. any member of a cl-ss of words that modify nouns and pr-nouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in he is extremely handsome. other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pr-nouns […]
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- Adjoin
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