Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford practice grammar part 35', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 138 The relative pronoun as object A Subject and object Harriet is showing David her holiday photos. Harriet That s an old castle that we visited on holiday. And those are some people we met a couple who were staying at the campsite. David Mm. They look very friendly. A relative pronoun such as who or that can be the subject of a relative clause. Harriet talked to a couple who were staying at the camp-site. Theyi were staying at the camp-site. The postcard that came this morning was from Harriet. It came this morning. A relative pronoun can also be the object of a relative clause. Mike and Harriet are visiting a woman who they met on holiday. They met her on holiday. The old castle that we visited was really interesting. We visited it. We do not use another pronoun like her or it with the relative pronoun. NOT a woman who they met her NOT the old castle that we visited it B Leaving out the relative pronoun We can leave out the relative pronoun when it is the object of the relative clause. We do this especially in spoken English. Compare these examples. WITH OBJECT PRONOUN WITHOUT OBJECT PRONOUN The man who Vicky saw at the concert is Sarah s The man Vicky saw at the concert is Sarah s boss. boss. That s an old castle that we visited. That s an old castle we visited. Here are some more examples of relative clauses without an object pronoun. We don t know the name of the person the police are questioning. The cakes Melanie baked were delicious. Thatjacket you re wearing is falling to pieces Mike. Remember that we cannot leave out a pronoun when it is the subject of a relative clause. The man who spoke to Vicky is Sarah s boss. C Who and whom In formal English whom is sometimes used when the object of the relative clause is a person. The person who whom the police were questioning has now been released. But in conversation whom is not very common. 138 Exercises 1 Subject and object A Comment on the conversations. Add a sentence with who or that as the subject of the .
