Lesson 2 | The Second Pass: Indent
Relative Phrases
Relative Phrase
A phrase that begins with a relative pronoun.
The relative pronouns used in English are who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, that, and whose.
Function: A relative phrase tells you more about a specific noun/pronoun, which is called the referent of the relative pronoun.
To test if you have a relative pronoun, and to see what its referent is, replace the relative pronoun with the referent, as in the following example.
Indenting: Just like every other one of the nine phrase types (except genitive phrases), the relative phrase should be indented one tab to the right of its anchor phrase.
