Relative Clauses
Relative clauses are a key tool for joining two sentences elegantly. "I have a colleague. She speaks five languages." → "I have a colleague who speaks five languages." Find the noun that appears in both sentences, replace it with the appropriate relative pronoun, and embed the second clause into the first.
Relative clauses are a key tool for joining two sentences elegantly. "I have a colleague. She speaks five languages." → "I have a colleague who speaks five languages." Find the noun that appears in both sentences, replace it with the appropriate relative pronoun, and embed the second clause into the first.
Practice
Combine: "This is the café. I first met my partner here." Put the combined sentence in order:
Combine: "She works for a company. The company was founded in 1985." Which is correct?
The scientistresearch led to the vaccine received an award.