The man who you were talking to was my cousin
Is who
a) Relative Pronoun
b) Interrogative Pronoun
Answers
Relative Pronoun (Option a)
In the above sentence, 'who' has been used as a relative pronoun i.e., it's relating two clauses to make the sentence meaningful.
- Who is a usual pronoun that is used both as an interrogative pronoun in questions ("Who is that?") and as a relative pronoun ("The man who stole my motorcycle become arrested.")
- It has one-of-a-kind cases and forms depending on the use.
Relative pronouns:
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses. These tell us extra about people and things.
Pronoun:
A pronoun is a word or a group of words used in place of nouns to avoid repetitive usage of noun words and simplify the sentence.
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Answer:
The pronoun ‘who’ is used as a relative pronoun in the given sentence.
Explanation:
'Who' in the sentence, is used as a relative pronoun.
Often, we can get confused and assume it to be an interrogative pronoun, due to the nature of the word used.
To clear this confusion, we recollect the meaning and usage of the two kinds of pronouns -
A relative pronoun is one that relates 2 relative clauses in order to make it meaningful. It gives us additional information about the main clause, in order to understand the situation better.
An interrogative pronoun, on the other hand, is used in interrogatory sentences, to question the action in the particular sentence.
Thus, the pronoun ‘who’, in this sentence, is used as a relative pronoun.
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