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# Relative Pronoun
A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause. The relative clause is a statement that is part of a sentence. This statement can function as an adjective or a noun. In Greek, every relative clause has a relative pronoun.
A relative pronoun is often translated as who, whom, that, which, or whose when the relative clause it introduces functions as an adjective.
A relative pronoun is often translated as whoever, whomever, or whatever when the relative clause it introduces functions as a noun.
## What information is included in the form of a relative pronoun?
* **Case**- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
* **Number**- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know whether there is one or more than one person or thing. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
* **Gender**- The gender of a word helps the reader to know how that word is connected to each person or thing referred to in the sentence. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
### More Information about this topic
A relative pronoun often refers to a noun that the writer or speaker has already used. When this happens, it will have the same number and gender as the noun it describes. The case of the relative pronoun helps someone to know the function of the relative clause in the sentence.
* The relative pronoun that connects the qualifying clause is called the antecedent.
* In determining case, the antecedent and the relative pronoun interact with each other. This interaction is called attraction.
* When the relative pronoun is attracted to the case of the antecedent, it is called direct attraction.
* When the antecedent is attracted to the case of the relative pronoun, it is called: indirect attraction.
* When the antecedent is made clear by context, it can be omitted.
See: Adjective; Noun