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Review: Noun, Adjective and Adverb Clauses, Answer 4.3

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Question:
Which one is the person who stole your car?
Answer:
The answer adverb clause is not correct.
Explanation:
The relative pronoun who might have misled you here. However, the clause does not answer the question who? but rather which person?, indicating that it modifies the noun person and functions as an adjective clause.


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