The resumptive pronoun " they" refers back to the relative pronoun " that" | The red word " that" is the relative pronoun, and the blue word " they" is the resumptive pronoun, the underlined text is the Relative Clause |
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The resumptive pronoun is not used much in English 6 | For interest: In English words such as that , who , whom , whose , or which are called relative pronouns |
If used on its own it does not mean anything | In example 3, if the non-intelligent being is placed in the place of an intelligent being |
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The describing sentence must have a pronoun which refers to the noun that is being described | For example: "The boy whose hair is long came" |
And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs Quran 24:45• In the above examples this second part is coloured in blue.
28" The words whose and that are relative pronouns | The underlined words after these words relate back to the word before the relative pronoun |
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"The sandwich that I ate was delicious | The word that connects the clause to the word they are relating to is the relative pronoun |
When should the relative pronoun not be written? Relative pronouns in Arabic behave in a similar fashion.