relative clauses

A form of relative clause — A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes a whole statement; in English, it may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of relative clause
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