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11.4 Object Relative Clauses

After the Main Clause
We liked many works in the photo contest. Zeyna won the contest.
Object
We liked many works in the photo contest that Zeyna won.
Object Relative Clause

Inside the Main Clause
The photo tells a story. Ricardo posted the photo on the Internet.
Object
The photo that Ricardo posted on the Internet tells a story.

Object Relative Clause

1. In an object relative clause, the relative The wallet belongs to her. You found the wallet.
Object
pronoun is the object. The relative pronoun
The wallet that you found belongs to her.
may be that, who, whom, or which.
Object Relative Clause

2. The verb in an object relative clause agrees The trip that Joe is taking will be fun.
with the subject of the relative clause. The trip that Joe and Ann are taking will be fun.

3. Object relative clauses can be identifying
or non-identifying.
a. In identifying object relative clauses, the a. The man that she was interviewing is famous.
relative pronoun can be omitted.
The man she was interviewing is famous.
b. In non-identifying object relative b. Vietnam, which my family left over 30 years
clauses, use commas, but do not omit ago, has changed a lot.
the relative pronoun. X Vietnam my family left over 30 years ago has
changed a lot.

4.Do not use that as the object relative /¥ Dr. Tam, who(m) we have met, is a surgeon.

pronoun in a non-identifying relative clause. X Dr. Tam, that we have met, is a surgeon.

5.Do not repeat the object at the end of v¥ Where's the man you were helping?
an identifying object relative clause. The X Where's the man you were helping him?
relative pronoun is the object.

[REAL ENGLISH

4 Complete the exercises. In formal English, whom is sometimes
used instead of who in object relative
A Complete each sentence with that, who, whom, or clauses.
which. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
The employees whom the director
dismissed had all worked at the
1. Michael “Nick” Nichols has photographed 27 stories
bank for over 15 years.
for National Geographic Magazine. This is work
that he has enjoyed.

2. He photographed orphan elephants he saw in an elephant nursery in Nairobi.

3. The elephant nursery has created a home for the elephants it has saved.

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