relative clauses
Primary school teacher here. My understanding is that a relative clause is a type of subordinate clause and it is used to add additional information to an independent clause, which should make sense on its own.
I was told today that this was a relative clause:
The grand castle which contained a pile of gold.
With ‘which contained a pile of gold’ being the relative clause.
By my understanding, ‘the grand castle’ is not an independent clause as it does not contain a verb.
So, my question is: does a relative clause ALWAYS have to join an independent clause or is the above simply not an example of a relative clause? Does the sentence have to make sense by itself when the relative clause is removed?
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