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

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 Kellogg, Brainerd

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 Kellogg, Brainerd

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 Kellogg, Brainerd

The adjective clause that is discreet, performing the office of a single word, we call a +Dependent Clause+; A youth makes friends, not performing such office, we call an +Independent Clause+.

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

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.

From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Allardyce, Paul