Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 32 Relative clauses: Other relative pronouns

Can ‘whose’, ‘where’ and ‘when’ be used as relative pronouns? When?
Can these pronouns be used in both defining and non defining clauses?

Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 32 Relative clauses Other relative pronouns (1)

  •  We use a relative clause beginning whose + noun for something belonging to or associated with someone or something. We can use whose in both defining and non-defining clauses.
  •  We can use where (place) and when (time) as relative pronouns, but it’s also possible to use a preposition + which.
  •  We can also use where and when in non-defining clauses.
  • After a preposition, we can’t use who instead of whom.
  •  If the verb in the relative clause is a two or three word verb (E.g. fill in, look after, look upto etc), we don’t usually put the preposition before the relative pronoun.

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