PREP Obj.
) The man was helpful. I talked to him.(b) Th eman whom I talked to was helpful.
(c) The man I talked to was helpful.
(d) The man I talked to was helpful.
(e) The man / Lmp 2 Z talked 1 was helpful.
Whom, which, and that can be used as
the object of a preposition in an adjective
clause.
REMINDER: An object pronoun can be
omitted from an adjective clause, as in (d)
1 and (0.
In very formal English, a preposition comes
at the beginning of an adjective clause, as in
(e) and (j). The preposition is followed by
either whom or which (not that or who),
I and the pronoun CANNOT be omitted.PREP Obj.
is hard.PREP Obj.
(f) The chair is hard. I am sitting in it.
(g) The chair which I am sining in is hard.
(h) The chair that Z am sifting in is hard.
(i) The chair 0 I am sining in is hard.
EXERCISE 15. Prepositions In adjective clauses. (Chart 12-6)
Directions: Combine the two sentences in each pair. Use "b" as an adjective clause. Give
all the possible forms of the adjective clauses, and underline them.@), (c), (d)> and (e) have the same
meamg.
(g), (h), (i), and (j) have the same meaning.- a. The movie was interesting. b. We went to it.
+ The movie which we went to was interesting.
+ The movie that we went ta was interesting.
- The movie 0 we went to was interesting.
+ The movie $0 which we went was interesting.
- a. The man is over there. b. I told you about him.
- a. The woman pays me a fair salary. b. I work for her.
- a. Alicia likes the family. b. She is living with them.
- a. The picture is beautiful. b. Tom is looking at it.
- a. I enjoyed the music. b. We listened to it after diner.
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