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A Concise Guide to English Grammar

Phillip Haisley

Section A.10 Relative Clauses

This section takes the student through every relative clause type, from subject relatives to reduced participial forms.
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Syntax tree showing subject relative clause with relativizer "who"
Figure A.10.1. Subject Relative with who: the student who studies hard
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Syntax tree showing object relative clause with relativizer "that"
Figure A.10.2. Object Relative with that: the student that I met
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Syntax tree showing object relative clause with formal relativizer "whom"
Figure A.10.3. Object Relative with whom: the student whom I met
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Syntax tree showing possessive relative clause with "whose"
Figure A.10.4. Possessive Relative with whose: the student whose book I borrowed
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Syntax tree showing relative clause with relative adverb "where"
Figure A.10.5. Relative Adverb where: the library where she studies
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Syntax tree showing relative clause with relative adverb "when"
Figure A.10.6. Relative Adverb when: the day when she graduated
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Syntax tree showing relative clause with empty relativizer position
Figure A.10.7. Zero Relative (No Relativizer): the student I met
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Syntax tree showing reduced relative clause with present participle
Figure A.10.8. Reduced Relative — Present Participle: the student studying in the library
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Syntax tree showing reduced relative clause with past participle
Figure A.10.9. Reduced Relative — Past Participle: the book written by the professor
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