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relative pronouns

relative pronouns is the plural of relative pronoun.

Meaning of relative pronoun

Noun

relative pronoun (plural relative pronouns)

  1. A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. In English, some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: which, who, whose, whom and (non-standard) what. The other English relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.

Questions about relative pronouns

What is relative pronouns the plural of?
Relative pronouns is the plural of relative pronoun.

Words near relative pronouns in the dictionary

  1. relative pins
  2. relative pitch
  3. relative pitches
  4. relative pressure
  5. relative pronoun
  6. relative pronouns
  7. relative pseudo-complement
  8. relative pseudo-complements
  9. relative skewer
  10. relative skewers
  11. relative superlative

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