Question

An archer tell in relative pronoun

Answer 1

Answer:

Relative pronoun That

The relative pronoun 'that' seems easy to use, and yet its use can sometimes be problematic.

-> that can be used in place of other relative pronouns.

-> that can sometimes be omitted.

The relative pronoun 'that' is required after certain words such as:

-> everything, anything, nothing, the thing

-> only, all

-> superlatives

To understand how to use relative pronouns, it is necessary to understand the notion of essential and non-essential clauses.

An essential relative clause is one that is essential for the understanding of the sentence.

Compare :

a) The men who/that are working here are scientists.

If you omit who/that are working here you have the sentence: the men are scientists, which doesn't make any sense by itself, so this relative is essential.

b) The man named Henry, who is working here, is a scientist.

If you omit who is working here you have the sentence: the man named Henry is a scientist, which makes sense on its own, so this relative is non-essential.

When a relative pronoun 'that'/'who' is essential to the understanding of the sentence, you can use either that or who.

The boy that gave you this book yesterday is my cousin.

The boy who gave you this book yesterday is my cousin.

-> The two phrases that / who gave you this book yesterday are essential to the sentence

The red-haired boy, who is laughing, is my cousin.

-> The clause who is laughing is not essential, it doesn't add anything. In this case, you cannot use 'that'.