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But unlike conjunctive pronouns they are always related (hence their name relative) to some noun or pronoun
in the main clause. Compare the following sentences:
Who he was is still a mystery(conjunctive pronoun)
I don’t know which of the books is better.
That is the man who has saved your child (relative
pronoun)
Here is the book which the lecturer recommended.
Conjunctive and relative pronouns do not coincide referentially: the conjunctive pronouns who and whose
have only personal reference; the relative pronoun who has personal reference, but whose has dual reference
(personal and non-personal); the conjunctive pronoun which has dual reference, whereas the relative which has
only non-personal reference.
The man who stood at the gate was Jim.
Then the man whose face I still could not see began singing.
The village whose roofs were seen in the distance was N.
I picked up the letter which was on the window sill.
Relative pronouns may function in the subordinate attributive clause as subject, object, attribute, and
adverbial modifier (with prepositions).
Types of pronouns
The list of pronouns
Personal pronouns
The common case: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
The objective case: me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
Possessive pronouns
Conjoint forms: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Absolute forms: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Reflexive pronouns
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Demonstrative
pronouns
this, that, these, those, such, same.
Indefinite pronouns
some, something, somebody, someone; any, anything, anybody, anyone.
Negative pronouns
no, nothing, nobody, no one, none, neither.
Universal pronouns
all, each, both, either, every, everything, everybody, everyone.
Detaching pronouns
other, another.
Reciprocal pronouns
each other, one another.
Interrogative pronouns
who, what, which, whose, whoever, whatever, whichever.
Conjunctive pronouns
who, what, which, whose, whoever, whatever, whichever.
Relative pronouns
who, whose, which, that.
THE NUMERAL
§ 228. The numeral denotes an abstract number or the order of thing in succession.
In accordance with this distinction the numerals fall into two groups cardinal numerals (cardinals) and