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5. Joe was very knowledgable. Nancy asked him for directions.

6. The redwood trees were beautiful. The campers saw them.

11.5 Object Relative Clauses with Prepositions

After the Main Clause Inside the Main Clause

| like the professor. | spoke to him. The student left the program. | met with him.
| like the professor wh [spoke poke to. The student that | met with left the program.
Relative Clause Relative Clause

1. A relative pronoun (that, which, who, or The movie that we were talking about won an
whom) can be the object of a preposition. award.
The preposition usually comes after the verb in
The photos that we were looking at were
an object relative clause.
amazing.

2.Remember: We often omit object relative The meeting that | forgot about was important.
pronouns from identifying relative clauses in The meeting | forgot about was important.
conversation and informal writing.

3.ln formal English, the preposition can come My father, after whom I was named, died before
at the beginning of the object relative clause, | was born.
before whom (for people) or which The article to which you are referring is no
(for things). longer available.

4.Be careful! Do not use a preposition + who or X The person to who | sent the message isn’t
that. X The club of that she is a member is private.
here.

6 Complete the sentences. Use that which, who, or whom or a preposition (about, for, in, with).

1. The profession I’m going to tell you about is quite challenging.

2. Portrait photography, which most people don’t know much , is my job.

3. The people for I work are called clients.

4. Clients describe the kind of portraits they're looking when I meet them.

5. Ienjoy the children whom I work ——_____.

6. The contract on we agree gets finalized.

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