Adjective Clause

Definition of Adjective Clause

§ Adjective clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adjective and a noun or pronoun describes in a complex sentence (complex sentence). Complex sentence is a sentence consisting of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

§ Position adjective clause always follows the noun or pronoun (subject or object) is described. In other words, this clause is that information is added to the subject or object.

§ Adjective clauses begin with a word called a relative pronoun (who, Whom, etc). This word is useful to bridge the relationship with the subject / object described.


Examples of Adjective Clause on Complex Sentence:

The book is interesting.	The book that she has read is interesting.	The book: noun (phrase), that: relative pronoun, that she has read: adjective clause yang menjelaskan the book. Merupakan klausa karena terdiri dari subject (he) dan verb (has read) dan merupakan adjective clause karena menjelaskan noun.

  

Formula Adjective Clause

Complex Sentence:

Independent Clause + Adjective Clause

Adjective Clause:

Relative Pronoun +/- S*+V

Note: * Relative pronouns (who, the which, that) can serve as the subject if there is no subject


Relative Pronoun Adjective function in Clause

Some functions of the relative pronoun in the adjective clause in the following example is as follows.

Fungsi	Relative Pronoun	Contoh Adjective Clause	Pembuktian
Subject	who, that, which	that was made of cheese.	coba substitusi dengan “It” (subjective personal pronoun)
Object*	whom, that, which, who	whom I want to buy	coba substitusi dengan “it” (objective personal pronoun)
Possessive	whose	whose house has burned down	coba substitusi dengan “his” (possessive personal pronoun)

Can be omitted in defining relative clause .

 Punctuation ( Punctuation ) on the Adjective Clause
When describing the subject , the position of the adjective clause will be in mid-sentence . Such clauses can be enclosed in a coma or not , depending on whether or not important additional information it carries . Information is considered essential ( critical ) or restrictive if it will change the meaning of a sentence if it is removed . In such situations , the comma is not used . Clauses that carry information essentialtersebut called the defining clause . Conversely , if the non -essential information ( not essential ) or non - restrictive because it can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence , the commas are used . Clauses that carry non -essential information is called a non - defining clause .Complex Example Sentence :
§ Essential : People who chew well may have healthy digestion .
§ Non -essential : Yulia , who does exercise Regularly , has a positive body image .

 Examples of Adjective Clause
As an example of adjective clause with different relative pronoun can be seen in the following table .

Relative Pronoun	Contoh Adjective Clause di Dalam Complex Sentence	Keterangan
who	He is the man who works hard to support their daily needs. (Dia pria yang bekerja keras untuk menanggung kebutuhan sehari-hari mereka.)	Adjective clause  menerangkan noun (the man) yang berfungsi sebagai subject complement.
whom	The woman whom you saw last night is my sister. (Wanita yang kamu lihat tadi malam adalah saudara saya)	Adjective clause menerangkan noun (the woman) yang berfungsi sebagai subject kalimat.
whose	The man whose car is antique works as a lecturer. (The man yang punya mobil antik itu bekerja sebagai dosen.)	Adjective clause menerangkan noun (the man) yang berfungsi sebagai subject kalimat.
which	Mueeza, which is very faithful, is my cat. (Mueeza, yang sangat setia, adalah kucing saya.)	Adjective clause menerangkan noun (Mueeza) yang berfungsi sebagai subject kalimat.
where	Bandar Lampung is a city where I was born. (Bandar Lampung adalah kota dimana saya dilahirkan.)	Adjective clause menerangkan noun (a city) yang berfungsi sebagai subject complement.
that	It is the car that I has dreamed for many years ago. (Ini mobil yang telah saya impikan sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu.)	Adjective clause menerangkan noun (the car) yang berfungsi sebagai subject complement.