Relative clauses modify nouns just like adjectives do. In fact, relative pronouns are sometimes called adjective pronouns.
We use relative clauses to join two sentences together. It is a shorter way of saying the same thing.
A. A. Milne is an author.
A. A. Milne wrote many books and poems.
We can combine these two sentences together using a relative clause. As you can see, the relative clause 'who' in this sentence replaces the noun 'A. A. Milne'.
A. A. Milne is an author who wrote many books and poems.
Subject
Relative clauses usually begin and end with a relative pronoun. When we use the relative clause as the subject of a sentence, here are the relative pronouns we might use:
| for people | for things and ideas |
| who | that |
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