Adjective or Relative Clause

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Adjective Clause is a dependent clause used adjective within a sentences to describe noun. Relative pronoun usually used to introduce an adjective clause. We can said Relative pronoun as a adjective clause mean clause used as an adjective to explain the noun or pronoun condition. Adjective clause usually begins with a Relative pronoun like which, that, who, whom, whose and a relative adverb like where, when, why.

Relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. It is called relative pronoun cause it relates to the word or sentences that it modifies.

Relative Pronoun :

·     Which, replace nouns and pronouns that refer to animals or things. It cann't replace nouns and pronouns that refer to people. It can be the subject of a verb. It can also be the object of a verb or preposition.

·      That, replace nouns and pronouns that refer to people, animals or things. It can be the subject of a verb. It can also be the object of a verb or preposition.

·     Who, replace nouns and pronouns that refer to people. It cann't replace nouns and pronouns that refer to animals or things. It can be the subject of a verb.

·     Whom, replace nouns and pronouns that refer to people. It cannot replace nouns and pronouns that refer to animals or things. It can be the object of a verb or preposition. It cannot be the subject of a verb.

·        Whose, replace possessive forms of nouns and pronouns. It can refer to people, animals or things. It can be part of a subject or part of an object of a verb or preposition, but it cannot be a complete subject or object.

           

Relative Adverb :

• When, replace a time like in+year, in+month, on+day. It cann't be a subject but it can be eliminated.
• Where, replaces a places like in+area, in+city, at+school. It cann't be a subject but it can be eliminated. in a preposition like at, in, to usually must be added.

·    Why, replaces a reason for something to explain. Iit cann't be a subject but it can be eliminated.

* The relative adverb  

• When can be replaced by “in/on which” 
• Where can be replaced by “in/at which” 
• Why can be replaced by “for which”

Example of adjective :

"Lazy boy", that is mean to explain the boy is lazy. One of function the adjective is to explain the noun belong to that adjective.

Example of adjective clause :

1.    - Andi has a motorcycle

       - It is look very old

Andi has a motorcycle which look is very old.

2.    - The car hit Doni

- The car has a blue colour

The car that hit Doni has a blue colour

3.    - My friend called me

- They stand in front of the door

The people who called me in front of the door are my friend

4.    -  My mother phoned me

- She ask about the news

The person whom phoned me to ask about the news is my mother

5.    - The driver out of car before accident

- The car has been destroyed

The car whose driver out of car before accident has been destroyed

6.    - My mother give me present

- This day is my birthday

My mother give me present when my birthday

7.    - The school is new

- My sister study in the school

The school where she study is new

8.    - He is always angry

- She leaves him

He is always angry why she leaves

Example a part of article containing the adjective clause (underline) :

Computers and Education in America

Computers do allow students to expand their learning beyond the classroom, but the distance learning is not a utopia. Some businesses, such as Hewlett Packard, do have mentoring programs with children in the schools, but those mentoring programs are not available to all students. Distance learning has always been a dream of administrators, eager to figure out a cheaper way to deliver education. They think that little Eva and Johnny are going to learn about Japanese culture or science or algebra in the evening when they could be talking with their friends on the phone or watching television. As education critic Neil Postman points out, these administrators are not imagining a new technology but a new kind of child: "In [the administrator's] vision, there is a confident and typical sense of unreality. Little Eva can't sleep, so she decides to learn a little algebra? Where does little Eva come from? Mars?" Only students from some distant planet would prefer to stick their nose in a computer rather than watch TV or go to school and be with their friends.

Their short attention spans, their unwillingness to explore subjects in depth, their poor reading and evaluation skills. Computers also tend to isolate students, to turn them into computer geeks who think cyberspace is actually real. Some students have found they have a serious and addictive case of "Webaholism," where they spend hours and hours on the computer at the expense of their family and friends. Unfortunately, computers tend to separate, not socialize students. Finally, we need to think about who has the most to gain or lose from computers in the schools. Are administrators getting more students "taught" for less money? Are big companies training a force of computer worker bees to run their businesses? Will corporate CEO's use technology to isolate and control their employees?

Like all cults, this one has the intention of enlisting mindless allegiance and acquiescence. People who have no clear idea of what they mean by information or why they should want so much of it are nonetheless prepared to believe that we live in an Information Age, which makes every computer around us what the relics of the True Cross were in the Age of Faith: emblems of salvation.

--Dudley Erskine Devlin--

Questions and Answers of the excercises :

Q 1. I talked to the woman she was sitting next to me

A 1. I talked to the woman who was sitting next to me 

Q 2. I have a class it begins at 08.00 Am

A 2. I have a class which begins at 08.00 Am

Q 3. The man called the police his car was stolen

A 3. The man whose car was stolen called the police

Q 4. The building is very old he lives there

A 4. The building where he lives is very old

Q 5. The woman was ms Silvy I saw her

A 5. The woman whom I saw was ms Silvy

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