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    relative pronoun

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Grammar
    ˌrelative ˈpronoun noun [countable]  technicalSLG a pronoun such as ‘who’, ‘which’, or ‘that’ by which a relative clause is connected to the rest of the sentence 关系代词
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    relative pronoun• The most notable is the relative pronoun that, which can only be used with a restrictive relative clause.
    ˌrelative ˈpronoun nounChineseSyllable
    a Corpus ‘who’, ‘which’, as pronoun such


    relative pronoun
    ˌrelative ˈpronoun noun [countable]
    technical a pronoun such as ‘who’, ‘which’, or ‘that’ by which a relative clause is connected to the rest of the sentence