Writing Academic English 4th Edition

236 Part1n ISentenceStructure

Environmentalscienceis oneofthemostpopularcoursesinthecollege.

Dr.White teachesenvironmentalseienee.

Environmentalscience,whichDr.Whiteteaches,is oneofthemost

popularcoursesinthecollege.

Thebookwaswrittenin German.Theprofessortranslatedthebook.

ThebookthattheprofessortranslatedwaswritteninGerman.

ThebooktheprofessortranslatedwaswritteninGerman.

Dr.Whiteisanecologist.YoumetOF.Whiteinmyoffice.

Dr.White,whomyoumetinmyoffice,isanecologist.

TheprofessorischairoftheEnglishDepartment.Youshouldsee#Ie

professoF.

TheprofessorwhomyoushouldseeischairoftheEnglish

Department.

TheprofessorthatyoushouldseeischairoftheEnglish

Department.(informal)

Theprofessoryoushouldseeis chairoftheEnglishDepartment.

Restrictive

that, 0

Nonrestrictive

which

Nonrestrictive

whom

Restrictive

whom,that, 0

A. Combinethetwosentencesineachpairtomalceanewsentencecontainingan

adjectiveclauseintheobjectpattern.

Step 1 Changetheobjectinthesecondsentencetoa relativepronoun.Use

whom,which,that,ornopronoun,asappropriate.Movetherelative

pronountothebeginningofitsclause.

Step 2 Combinethetwosentences,placingthenewadjectiveclauseasclose

toitsantecedentaspossible.

Step 3 Addcommasifnecessary.

Step 4 Writethesentencesasa paragraphinthespaceprovided.

Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

Thefollowingexamplesshowyouhowtocombinetwosentencestomakea new

sentencecontaininganobjectpatternadjectiveclause.

Note:Youcanomitthatinobjectpatternclausesonly.

Theaddresshegavemewasincorrect.

Arelativepronouncanbeanobjectinitsownclause.

RelativePronounsasObjects

PRAC'I'IClt 3

Relative

Pronouns

asObjects