Sentence examples for relative clauses from inspiring English sources

The verbs in relative clauses like these should be plural.

Sentences with relative clauses are always a challenge to parse.

A word about relative clauses: restrictive relative clauses (also known as defining, best thought of as giving essential information by narrowing it down) are not enclosed by commas, whereas non-restrictive relative clauses (non-defining, giving non-essential information) are.

The choice between "that" and "which", according to the rule, is simple: nonrestrictive relative clauses take "which"; restrictive relative clauses take "that".

Classical Greek tends to be loaded with participles and relative clauses; Renault reproduced these tics.

Suppose relative clauses appeared only when a society entered the market economy.

Manchu has no relative pronouns and expresses relative clauses by means of participles and gerunds.

Instead, they propose the following rule: that should introduce relative clauses that define and restrict the preceding noun.

Though "whom" is pompous in short questions and relative clauses, it is a natural choice in certain other circumstances, even in informal speech and writing.

Don't be alarmed by the unhelpful terms, but restrictive relative clauses (also known as defining, best thought of as giving essential information by narrowing it down) are not enclosed by commas, whereas non-restrictive relative clauses (non-defining, giving non-essential information) are.

Some people think that "which" can be used interchangeably to open "restrictive" relative clauses, like "The rules which I learned in school are inviolable".