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

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 Reed, Alonzo

The upper part represents where as a conjunction connecting the adjective clause to place, and the lower part represents it as an adverb modifying are deposited.

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

Show that an adjective clause may be equivalent to an Infinitive phrase or a participle phrase.

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

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

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

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