Skill 10 : Adjective Clause Connectors/ Subjects

In skill 9 we saw that adjective clause connectors can be used to introduce clauses that describes nouns. In skill 10 we will see that in some cases an adjective clause connectors is not just a connector, an adjective clause connector can also be the subject of the clause at the same time.

We are looking at a house that is quite expensive
The house that is quite expensive seems like a great  house. 

In the first example, there are two clauses : we is the subject of the verb are looking, and that is the subject of the verb is. These two clauses are joined with the connector that. Notice that in this example the word that serves two functions at the same time, it is the subject of the verb is, and it is the connector that joins the two clauses . The adjective clause that is quite expensive describes the noun house.
In the second example, there are also two clause : House is the subject of the verb seems, and that is the subject of the verb is. In this example,that also serves two functions ; it is the subject of the verb is and it is the connector that joins two clause. Because that is quite expensive is an adjective clause describing the noun house, it directly follows house.

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE CONNECTOR/SUBJECT
Who (for people)	Which (for things)	That (for people or things)
S           V                               Adjective Clause Connector                       V
S                                            Adjective Clause Connector                        V       V
Note : Although adjective clause connectors can be omitted in informal English., adjective clause connector /subjects can never be omitted.