relative clause

Noun

Singular relative clause

Plural relative clauses

1. (countable) A relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause; it usually modifies a noun.
   • In the sentence I caught the dog that bit you, the relative clause that bit you modifies the noun dog.

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause

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