Definition and types of Relative pronoun with examples?

Relative Pronoun :

Definition :

Relative pronoun join to clauses with one another and also called conjunctive pronoun. when one clause is dependent and another Clause is independent .

For example:

who, what and which

or

 They are same in structure As as interrogative pronoun but they are used to add some more information to a sentence by referring to some noun or pronoun coming before it which is called antecedent.

 For example:

1: Stay away from people who are insane .

2: I don't know the people whom you meet regularly.

  3: He does not like the room which are dirty.

 Types of relative pronoun:

1: Subjective or nominative relative pronoun [who]

2: Objective or accusative relative pronoun  [which]

3: Possessive or genetic relative pronoun [whose]

TYPES :

1: Subjective or nominative relative pronoun [who]

 Are relative pronoun which is used to replace the subject noun of a main clause.

1: who -> person

2: which ->thing

3: that -> both

For example:

1: Harris is a driver . He drives very fast .

=> Harris who drives very fast is a driver.

=> Harris is a driver who drives very fast .

Proximity :

Relative pronoun is used right after its antecedent. / after its actual position .

When a relative pronoun is used right after noun it modifies is called prepaid pronoun and when it comes after the main clause it is called postpaid pronoun.

2:Objectives /accusative relative pronoun:

 A relative pronoun which is used to replace the object noun of a main clause.

For example:

whom, which, that

3: Possessive/ genitive relative pronoun:

 A relative pronoun which is used to replace the possessive noun in the main clause.

For example:

whose [both] which ,relative pronoun +noun subject, object

1: He is my friend his father is a doctor.  

=>He is my friend whose father is a doctor.

 Deletion of relative pronoun:

 A relative pronoun may be omitted/ removed when it is used with object of verb or preposition in objective case only.

 For example:

 whom, who ,which and that

 NOTE:

1: relative pronoun can be subject or object.

 If subject or noun, pronoun came after relative pronoun so it can be subject.

 For example:

 1:you can do almost everything that you want.

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Verb object of verb relative pronoun subject

=> If that is remove still it give complete meaning and sense.

2: But if there is no pronoun came after relative pronoun in that case related pronoun act as a subject.

 For example:

1: Bilal is the person who love the food most.

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Subject object

 => If who remove so it become informal and give incomplete  sense.