ENG 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent Clause, Relative Clause, Relative Pronoun
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Adjective clause: a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Answers the questions: which one, what kind, how many. An adjective clause always follows the word or words it modifies. Non-essential adjective clauses are surrounded by commas. Usually begins with these relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose, when, where. Adverb clause: a subordinate clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Answer the questions: how, how long, where, why, to what extent, under what condition. An adverb clause that introduces a sentence is set off by commas. Begin with the subordinating conjunctions: whenever, where, wherever, whether, while. As if: after, although, as, as long as, as soon as, as though, because, before, how, if, in order that, since, so that, than, though, unless, until, when. Elliptic clause: when part of a clause is left out because the meaning is understood.
