combine into relative pronoun 15 The performance of these students has been outstanding. They will be given special prizes
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Explanation:
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that. The relative pronoun we use depends on what we are referring to and the type of relative clause.
who
people and sometimes pet animals
defining and non-defining
which
animals and things
defining and non-defining; clause referring to a whole sentence
that
people, animals and things; informal
defining only
whose
possessive meaning;
for people and animals usually; sometimes for things in formal situations
defining and non-defining
whom
people in formal styles or in writing; often with a preposition; rarely in conversation; used instead of who if who is the object
defining and non-defining
no relative pronoun
when the relative pronoun defines the object of the clause
defining only
(In the examples, the relative pronoun is in brackets to show where it is not essential; the person or thing being referred to is underlined.)
We don’t know the person who donated this money.
We drove past my old school, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
He went to the school (that) my father went to.
The Kingfisher group, whose name was changed from Woolworths earlier this year, includes about 720 high street shops. Superdrug, which last week announced that it is buying Medicare, is also part of the group.
The parents (whom/who/that) we interviewed were all involved in education in some way.
See also:
Relative clauses: defining and non-defining
Relative clauses referring to a whole sentence
Relative pronouns: who
We use who in relative clauses to refer to people, and sometimes to pet animals. We use it to introduce defining and non-defining relative clauses:
I think there’d be a lot of children who’d love to have a climbing wall in school. (defining)
That’s the dog who doesn’t like me. (defining; referring to a pet animal)
There’s this guy at work, who’s one of my friends, well he’s never been on a train. (non-defining)
Subjects and objects
Who can act as the subject or the object of the relative clause:
She’s going out with a bloke who’s in the army. (who refers to a bloke and is the subject of is in the relative clause; bloke is an informal word for a man)
The woman who I saw yesterday was Sheila. (who refers to the woman and is the object of saw in the relative clause)
Who + prepositions
We can use who as the complement of a preposition:
It was Cath who Ian gave the keys to. It wasn’t me. (who refers to Cath and is the complement of the preposition to)
We put the preposition at the end of the relative clause, and not immediately before who:
Of all my friends, she’s the one who I know I can rely on.
Not: … the one on who I know I can rely.
Who with collective groups of people
We often use who with collective human nouns (e.g. committee, government, group, panel, police, team):
Nicola phoned the fire brigade, who then alerted the police and social workers.
We do not use who for things:
There are some very good art books which you can get ideas from.
Not: There are some very good art books who you can get ideas from