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adjective clause

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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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What long adjective clause is joined to those by who?

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed

Give and illustrate fully the Rule for punctuating the adjective clause, and the Caution regarding the position of the adjective clause.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg

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

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

When the pronoun that connects an adjective clause, the preposition never precedes.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg

An adverb clause may sometimes be changed to an adjective clause or phrase.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg

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