Writing Academic English 4th Edition

240 PartUl ISentenceStructure

towhichI sentmyapplication

withwhomI shareda secret inwhichthegiftwaswrapped

forwhomI dida favor

Arelativepronouncanbetheobjectofa prepositioninitsownclause.

3. teacherswhoseclasses


4. mycousin,whosecar


5. Anycompanyhasa betterchanceofsuccess.Consumerseasilyrecognize
   itslogoorsymbol.


6. McDonald'shasrestaurantsallaroundtheglobe.Mostpeoplerecognizeits
   goldenarches.


7. Johnis datinga girl.I keepforgettingthegirl'sname.

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whom,which, TheaddresstowhichI sentmyapplicationwasincorrect.

that,

o(nopronoun)

Theseadjectiveclausesareformedintwoways:theformalwayandtheinformalway.

(a) Intheformalway,theprepositionandrelativepronounaretogetheratthe

beginningoftheclause:

C. Writethreesentencescontainingpossessiveadjectiveclausesineitherthe

subjectortheobjectpattern.Usethefollowingprompts.

1. thelostchild,whosephotograph

B. FollowthestepsinPartAtocombinethetwosentencesineachpairtomakea

newsentencecontaininga possessiveadjectiveclauseintheobjectpattern.

1. MayaAngelouis oneofthemostfamousfemalepoetsintheUnitedStates.
   WehavebeenreadingMayaAngelou'spoetryinourEnglishclass.
   MayaAngelou.whosepoetrywehavebeenreadinginourEnglishclass,isone
   ofthemostfamousfemalepoetsintheUnitedstates.

RelativePronounsasObjectsofPrepositions.