College Composition / Unit 2 CMP 0036 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Relative Pronouns and Clauses
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The idea
The relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which and that begin dependent clauses that describe a noun.
In practice
In "The student who won the prize thanked her teacher," the clause who won the prize describes the student.
Where people slip
A relative clause written alone, such as "Which made the decision harder," is a fragment.
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