Fundamentals Of English Grammar

12-3 USING WHU, WHU(M), ANU ].HA1 IN AUJCGIIVC
I CLAUSES

(a) The man is friendly.

8 v

@) The man who lives next to me is friendly.

(c) The man that liw next w me is friendly.

S v

(d) The man was friendly. I met

0 S v

(e) The man who(m) I met was friendly.

(f) The man that I met was friendly.

(g) The man 0 I met was friendly.

of an adjective clause.

(b) and (c) have the same meaning.

A subject pronoun cannot be omitted:

INCORRECT: The man lives next to me isjGndly.

CORRECT: The man wholthat lives next w me i.;

friendly.

In addition to who(m),* that can be used as the

object in an adjective clause.

(e) and (f) have the same meaning.

An object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective

clause. (e), (f), and (g) have the same meaning.

In (g):The symbol "0" means "nothing goes here."

*The pamtheses around the "m" in urho(m) indicate that (especially in everyday conversation) do is often used as an

object pronoun instead of the more formal dm.

EXERCISE 6. Adjective clauses with WHO, WHO(M), and THAT. (Chart 12-3)

Directions: Complete the sentences using who, who(m), and that. Write 0 if the

pronoun can be omitted.

1. The woman whofwd / ha+ / $ I met last night was interesting.


2. The man who / +ha+ answered the phone was polite.


3. The people Nadia is visiting live on Elm Street.


4. The students came to class late missed the quiz.


5. The man married my mother is now my stepfather.


6. Theman my mother married is now my stepfather.


7. Do you know the boy is talking to Anita?


8. I'M become good friends with several of the people I met in my
   English class last year.


9. The woman I saw in the park was feeding the pigeons.


10. The woman was feeding the pigeons had a sackful of bread
    crumbs.

AdJectlve Clauses 347