adjective clause

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, 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.

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Example Sentences

Examine the following examples: Adjective Clause: The book that I want is a history.

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In the sentence, The man that I mentioned has come, the relative clause, that I mentioned, is an adjective clause modifying man.

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The difference between the two kinds of relative clauses being understood, there will be no difficulty in applying the rule where an adjective clause is contracted.

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The true adjective clause is “sleeking ... locks” = with which she sleeks, etc.; and the true participial clause is “she sits ... rocks” = seated on ... rocks.

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As the office of an adjective is to modify, the only use of an adjective clause is to limit or describe some noun, or equivalent of a noun: consequently the adjective may modify any noun, or equivalent of a noun, in the sentence.

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