E. Relative Pronouns are: subject (people: who, things: which, people or things: that), object (people: who(m), things: which, people or things: that), and possessive (people: whose, things: which)
a. The Relative clause tells us which person or thing, or what kind of person or thing. (e.g. The woman who lives next door. ('who lives next door' tells us which woman))
E1. The Relative clauses can be used;
a. as a subject and avoid repeating the subject. (e.g. Isn’t that the woman who lives across the road from you?);
b. as object of a clause (e.g. Have you seen those people who we met on holiday?);
c. as object of a preposition, we usually put the preposition after the verb. (e.g. Who was the woman who you were talking to?)
E2. The Relative clauses in the sentence give us extra information about the person or thing, we use commas (,) with this clause. (e.g. We know a lot of people who live in London. vs. My brother Ken, who lives in London is a doctor)
a. as subject (e.g. My uncle, who was born in Hong Kong, lived most of his life overseas.);
b. as object (e.g. We saw the latest Harry Potter film, which we really enjoyed.);
c. as object of a clause (e.g. He finally met Paul McCartney, whom he had always admired.);
d. as object of a preposition (e.g. He decided to telephone Mrs. Jackson, who he had read about in the newspaper.)
Idiom 365
in high spirits: happy and cheerful; positive and looking toward the future, despite unhappy circumstances
Example: Everyone seemed to be in high spirits.