Using Relative Clauses
In this post we will take a look at relative clauses and how we can use them in English. Share What are Relative Clauses? Relative
In English we often use a substitute or reference word so that we don’t repeat the original word. Some of the commonest of these words are pronouns
In this post we’ll look at how these reference words are used to organise a text.
As we said above we use reference words like this so we don’t repeat the same words. In addition we also use them to refer to different parts of a text. We often we refer back to an earlier part of a text but we can also refer forward in the text.
Here are some of the commonest types of reference words.
Let’s see how they are used.
In the previous examples we saw how we use them in sentences or short conversations. Now we’ll look at some longer examples, which are part of a text.
Every organization, as soon as it gets to any size (perhaps 1,000 people), begins to feel a need to organise its management of workers.
Perhaps individuals have complained that they don’t know where they stand or what their future is; perhaps the unions have requested standardized benefits and procedures.
The first extract uses different forms of the word it to refer to organisation.
In the second extract different forms of they refer to individuals.
In both cases the reference words refer back to an individual word.
The manager of the furniture store told us they will receive the our new bed by August.
“It‘ll be down to the manufacturing of the company and delivery schedules but we would be confident of that“, he said.
NOTE:
We have not included it here as it is used here as a subject to introduce new information and it is not a reference word in this text.
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