Adjective clauses

Hi,

at this class, we've studied adjective clauses. It's a clause that qualifies a noun. It always needs a relative pronoun who or that. For instance,

• "The clothes that I used to wear were very expensive."
• "The man who I was talking to is my father."

It's necessary to know if the qualified noun is a subject or an object of the adjective clause. That's because when it is an object it's normal to be omitted. And, if the noun is a thing, you can't use who. Who is a relative subjective only for people.

If you read the grammar booster, you're going to see a tip to identify when it's a subject or an object. You have to split the main and adjective clauses. Ex.:

1) The nurse is a beautiful woman.
    The nurse gave me a shot.
    The nurse who gave me a shot is a beautiful woman.

2) I bought the food.
    The food was aweful.
    The food that I bought was awful.

See? When you split the clauses it's easier to know if it's a subject or an object.

In the first one, if you omit the relative pronoun the sentence changes and gets awkward.

"The nurse gave me a shot is a beautiful woman."

In the last one, that doesn't happen.

"The food I bought was awful."

Well, that's it!

See you!