

Here, he was already in the front position. We replaced he with a relative pronoun who to form the relative clause who attended the same school as I did and attached it to the first sentence. Note: In all the examples, relative pronoun has been shown in bold and the noun (or noun phrase) being pointed to by the relative pronoun has been shown in magenta font.Ī relative pronoun ( who in the above sentence) is used to join two sentences that share a noun or pronoun: Dr Johnson and he (highlighted in bold) are one and the same. There, I met Dr Johnson, who attended the same school as I did. Such short, similar sentences in succession make writing monotonous and boring.

What is relative pronoun?Ĭonsider these sentences about my visit to hospital. In this post, we’ll cover relative pronoun comprehensively, including how it’s used in sentences.
