Question 92Asked in BPSC TRE 1.0 (2023) English Class 11-12

I found my friend who recognized me at once. The above sentence is an example of which one of the following grammatical classes?

I found my friend who recognized me at once. The above sentence is an example of which one of the following grammatical classes?
  1. ARestrictive who
  2. BContinuative who
  3. CAntithetical which
  4. DMore than one of the above
  5. ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (B) Continuative who

Explanation

Here ‘who’ does not define which friend is meant; it continues the narrative, meaning ‘and he recognized me at once’. This is the continuative use of the relative pronoun.

From BPSC TRE 1.0 (2023) English Class 11-12 — Previous Year Paper

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