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relative pronoun
noun
- one of the pronouns who, whom, which, what, their compounds with -ever or -soever, or that used as the subordinating word to introduce a subordinate clause, especially such a pronoun referring to an antecedent.
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Confusables Note
See who.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of relative pronoun1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
Frequently there is no connecting word, a relative pronoun being understood.
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The general rule is, that the relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in person and number.
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Relative Clause—A clause joined to the rest of the sentence by a relative pronoun.
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A connecting pronoun referring to something which precedes (or follows) is called a relative pronoun.
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This is often true when it is used with an interrogative or relative pronoun.
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