Majalah Ilmiah UNIKOM
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H a l a m a n
that rise along the
shores of Loch Ness
fog. (essential clause)
b. Sometimes adjective clause is intro-
duced by the combination of a preposi-
tion and a relative pronoun.
i. in which
in which your clothes
were packed
ii. from whom
from whom you got this
letter
c. Relative adverb is adverb that functions
as conjunction of a sentence (Syah,
1974 : 74). The relative adverb used in
wherewhen.
i. Where
Where
He does not know the hospital
where his wife died.
ii. When
When is used to refer to time.
when people
enjoy their holiday.
5. The form of adjective clause
Two sentences with identical nouns
may be combined to form one sentence with
an adjective clause. The identical noun in
the second sentence (plus any determiners
of modifiers) is replaced by the relative pro-
noun or relative adverb that begins the ad-
jective clause (Farmer, 1985 : 331).
the girl’s
The girl
These sentence can be combined into :
whose wallet is stolen by the
thief
Here are some rules related to the form
of adjective clause :
a. Every sentence containing a noun pre-
ceded by a superlative form of adjective
best, tallest, etc
ever
any time
bestever
be
i. Beform of verb
(watching, buying, etc) or a prepositional
phrase (on the table, in the box, etc)
(Korhn, 1975 : 188).
that is playing
Marianne.
The girl playing the ball is Marianne.
That + be
as…..aslike
188).
that is
Natasia’s.
I want the dress as beautiful as Nata
sia’s.
There is no change in meaning when
thatbe
clause.
That
suffixing
but only a small number of adjective
clause can be changed in this way be-
cause it depends on the verb whether it
suffixing
(Korhn, 1975 : 187).
Peter bought a bicycle that costs $100.
Peter bought a bicycle costing $100.
d. When the verb in the clause is finite of
be
ble
etc), both the relative pronoun and the
finite may be, and usually are omitted
(Hornby, 1975 : 156).
who was visible
policeman
The only person visible was a police-
man.
e. When the verb in the clause is in one of
the progressive tenses, the relative pro-
be
be, and usually are omitted (Hornby,
1975 : 157).
The man (who was) driving the truck
was drunk.
f. The relative pronoun who is also omitted
in colloquial speech after there is / was,
etc and it is / was, etc (Hornby, 1975 :
157).
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