Grammar: ✨ Grammar Essentials: 🧩 Parts of Speech & 🏗️ Sentence Structure (Advanced) (B2) - Lesson 4: Omitting Relative Pronouns (in defining object clauses)

Grammar: Clauses & Sentence Structure B2 Lesson 4: Omitting Relative Pronouns What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to identify when a relative pronoun can be omitted to make your speaking and writing sound more fluent. Why It Matters: Sounding More Natural Omitting the relative pronoun is a key skill for making your English sound more natural and less robotic. This is very common in everyday speech. Formal / With Pronoun The coffee that I drank this morning was delicious. Natural / Without Pronoun The coffee I drank this morning was delicious. The Golden Rule 📖 You can only omit a relative pronoun (who, which, that) when it is the object of the verb in a defining relative clause. If it is the subject , you can NEVER omit it. Subject vs. Object Pronouns Case 1: Pronoun as Subject (CANNOT Omit) "The woman who works at the bank is my cousin." Analysis: In the clause 'who works...', the pronoun 'who' is the subject of the verb 'works…