Relative Pronouns

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A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. It is called a "relative" pronoun because it "relates" to the word that it modifies.

Here is an example:

* The person who phoned me last night is my teacher.

In the above example, "who":

* relates to "person", which it modifies
* introduces the relative clause "who phoned me last night"

There are five relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that*

Who (subject) and whom (object) are generally only for people. Whose is for possession. Which is for things. That can be used for people** and things and as subject and object in defining relative clauses (clauses that are essential to the sentence and do not simply add extra information).

NOTE:

Look at these examples showing defining and non-defining relative clauses:

# Personal Pronouns
# Demonstrative Pronouns
# Possessive Pronouns
# Interrogative Pronouns
# Reflexive Pronouns
# Reciprocal Pronouns
# Indefinite Pronouns
# Pronoun Case