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Old 31-Jan-2007, 18:08
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Talking Newbie question on relative clause

The following sentence:

"The manual that I bought this morning will probably help."


Is it the whole sentence "The manual that I bought this morning will probably help." is called the relative clause,

or only the part "that I bought this morning" is the relative clause ?
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The following sentence:

"The manual that I bought this morning will probably help."


Is it the whole sentence "The manual that I bought this morning will probably help." is called the relative clause,

or only the part "that I bought this morning" is the relative clause ?
The relative clause is:"that I bought this morning" and the principle clause is:"The manuel will probably help."
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