Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda
1.
Go over subject and object pronouns
2.
Quiz#5 – adjective clauses
HW Review paragraph format,
structure, and content.
Test#3- Paragraph tomorrow
The paragraph will be on a general topic.
Like last topic: Write about a funny thing that happened
when you were that.
Adjective clauses – who, that, which
Deeper level: subject and object pronouns
who, that, which – pronouns
can be either the subject or the object of an adjective
clause
My sister who is
a nurse lives in Tokyo. ‘who’ is a subject pronoun
My sister who I
miss seeing lives in Tokyo. ‘who’ is
an object pronoun
choice – ‘who’ ‘whom’
My sister whom I
miss seeing lives in Tokyo. very
formal
‘whom’ can be used as an object pronoun
The woman who I was talking to is my friend. ‘who’
object pronoun
The woman I was talking to is my friend. delete ‘who’
The woman whom I was talking to is my friend. very
formal
TRUTH- People don’t say ‘whom’. We use ‘who’ instead.
One situation where you must use ‘whom’
writing a letter to someone, but you don’t know who it is
To whom it may concern,
- recommendation letter
Dear Sir or Madam,
My advice: Forget about ‘whom’. It is not important. You
don’t need it. We don’t use it. Focus on learning other more important things.
‘that’ subject and object pronoun
Joan got a puppy that has white and brown ears. ‘that’ subject pronoun
The puppy that Joan
got has white and brown ears. ‘that’
object pronoun
Choice:
The puppy that Joan
got has white and brown ears.
The puppy Joan got
has white and brown ears.
When ‘that’ is an object pronoun, you can delete it.
subject and object pronouns are parts of adjective clauses
This is harder, deeper grammar. You do not have to know
this.
My advice: Stick to ‘who’, ‘that’, and ‘which’. They will
work perfectly in every situation.
who – people
that - thing
which – special things, unique things
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