Unit 11: Adjective Clauses: Review and Expansion

Adjective Clauses

I think this part of english grammar is one of the most interesting. Let's remember adjectives modify (or describe) nouns and pronouns.We could learn a little more about it.

Example:

• Intelligent students understand adjectives.
(The word "intelligent" is an adjective because it describes the noun "students.")
But adjectives are not always single words. Sometimes they are clauses:

Example:

• Students who are intelligent understand adjectives.
(The adjective clause is Who are intelligent because it describes the noun "students.")


Some adjective clauses need to be set off by commas and others don’t.
Now here’s the part you’ve never understood—non-restrictive clauses need commas and restrictive clauses don’t.

Some adjective clauses are like gossip, they provide additional detail about someone (or something) whose identity we already know. Put commas around those.

Examples:

My English teacher, who wears old fashioned ties, is laughed at by the students.

My English book, which is a monument of boredom, is used mainly as a
door stop.