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Relative clauses –part one
If we use a sentence like
The police have found the boy
it may not be clear which boy
We can make it clear like this
The police have found the boy who disappeared last week
Who links the relative clause (who disappeared last week) to the main clause – The police have found the boy
When we talk about people, we use that or who
I talked to the girl that or who won the the race
When we talk about things or animals, we use that or which
I like the car that or which won the race
That, who, or which can be the subject of the relative clause like this
I talked to the girl who (subject) won
That is the dog that attacked me
Not : That is the dog that it attacked me
That, who ,or which can be the object of the relative clause, like this:
The card which (object) ken sent was nice
The man that I saw was very rude
Not: The man I saw him was very rude
When that, who, or which is the object of the relative clause (e.g The card which Ken sent), we can leave them out
The card ken sent was nice
The man I saw was very rude
Now look at this sentence with those: Susan is the woman whose husband is an actor (= Susan's husband is an actor.)
We use whose in place of his, her , their, etc
We only use it with people, countries , and organizations , not things. It has a possessive meaning. Here is another example
The man whose dog bit me did not apologize
(=The man did not apologize. His dog bit me)..
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