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Adjective Clauses (#1), by Dennis Oliver





Using Adjective Clauses (#1)



Adjective clauses (relative clauses) are like "sentences
inside sentences." The "job" of adjective clauses is to
modify (describe, identify, make specific) the noun
phrases that they follow. In their full forms, adjective
clauses have several parts: a relative pronoun (or, in
some cases, another kind of connecting word), a subject,
and a predicate (a verb and, often, other types of
words which follow it).

In adjective clauses, the relative pronoun is a kind of
connecting word: it joins the information in the clause
to the noun phrase that it follows. Without the adjective
clause, the meaning of the modified noun phrase (and
of the sentence) is unclear and incomplete.

Examples (full forms):

I know a person who / that can help you.
I know a person who(m) / that you can help.
I know a person whose advice I can trust.
I know a person to whom I can refer you. /
I know a person who(m) / that I can refer you to.

I want a car that / which gets good gas mileage.
I can't afford the car that / which I really want.



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Types of Adjective Clauses



1.

"Subject Pattern" Clauses

In this type of adjective clause, the relative
pronoun is the subject of the clause. Subject
pattern clauses can, however, modify both
subjects and objects of sentences:

The man who / that talked to us
was very friendly.

Do you know the man who / that
talked to us?

2.

"Object Pattern" Clauses

In this type of adjective clause, the relative
pronoun is the object of the clause (but
an object pattern clause can modify both
subjects and objects of sentences):

The people who(m) / that we met
seemed very friendly.

The people to whom / that we were
speaking seemed very friendly. /
The people who(m) / that we were
speaking to seemed very friendly.

I recently saw the people to whom / that
we were talking. / I recently saw the people
who(m) / that we were talking to.

3.

Clauses Showing Possession

Here, the relative pronoun is possessive
and is attached to another word in the
adjective clause:

The people whose names are called
will work the first shift.

Do you know the student whose brother
won a gold medal in the Olympics?

Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert dapat dikatakan sebagai salah satu dewa gitar dengan permainan paling cepat dan bersih.

Nama Lengkap: Paul Brandon Gilbert
Website resmi di http://paulgilbert.com
Tempat/Tgl Lahir: 6 November 1966 di Carbondale Illinois – USA
Group Band Saat Ini: Racer Xgroup
Band Sebelumnya: Racer X, Mr.Big
Musisi berpengaruh: Eddie Van Halen
Pendidikan: Tamatan GIT (Guitar Institute Of Technology) dan Instruktur GIT.Gitar: Ibanez Paul G
ilbert Model (PGM) Signature Series
Keahlian: Alternate Picking, String Skipping, Arpeggio, dll.

Paul Gilbert merupakan salah satu dewa gitar seperti halnya Steve Vai, Yngwie, John Petrucci lainnya. Sebelumnya Paul dikenal melalui group bandnya Mr.Big. Rekaman Mr.Big yang laku keras turut membesarkan nama Paul di dunia musik rock. Paul sendiri sudah cukup mengegerkan dunia gitaris pada tahun 86-87 sebagai pemain gitar tercepat di dunia ketika Paul masih bergabung dengan group band Racer X. Teknik permainannya telah sempurna saat ia baru menginjak 17 tahun itu. Pada usia 5 tahun (1971) Paul sudah mulai mempelajari gitarnya, 10 tahun berikutnya (1981) Paul coba mengirim demo rekamannya ke produser Mike Varney dan di luar dugaanya Mike sangat mengagumi permainannya di samping Tony Macalpine. Pada tahun 1984 Paul pindah ke LA dan melanjutkan sekolah gitarnya ke GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology) dan kini telah menjadi instruktur sekolah gitar bergengsi ini. Pada tahun 1986 dia bergabung dengan band pertamanya Racer X dengan album debutnya "Street Lethal", kemudian "Second Heat" (1987)", "Live! Extreme Volume(1988)”. Pada tahun 1989 Paul meninggalkan Racer X dan bergabung dengan group band MR.BIG dengan pemain bass yang disegani "Billy Sheehan", vocalis Eric Martin dan drummer Pat Torpey. Mereka meluncurkan album pertamanya "MR.BIG" dan MR.BIG tampil untuk pertama kalinya di Jepang pada bulan Oktober. Selanjutnya Paul meluncurkan album berikutnya, "Live! Raw Like Sushi(1990)”, "Mr Big - Lean into it (1991)”, "Mr.Big - San Francisco Live (1992)”, "Racer X - Live Extreme Volume 2 (1992)”, "Mr.Big - Bump Ahead (1993)”, "HEY MAN", “The best of MR.BIG (1996)”, "Hard Rock Cafe", " Live At Budokan", " solo" King of Club" (1997). Lagu "To Be With You (dari Album "Lean Into It")” menduduki posisi pertama di majalah Billborad USA selama 3 minggu. Pada tahun 1998 Paul tampil pertama kali di Jepang dengan solo albumnya. Paul meluncurkan album solo "Flying dogDog". Tahun 1999. Paul kembali ke Jepang dan meluncurkan album solo kedua "Beehive Live" dan album ketiga Racer X "Technical Difficulties".

Paul Gilbert’s Fireman Guitar dari Ibanez


Paul Gilbert gitaris masterclass yang menjadi salah satu ikon musisi gitar dari Ibanez baru-baru ini mengeluarkan desain gitar terbarunya yang dinamakan Fireman (Fight Fire with Fireman) yang terinspirasi dari model gitar “Iceman” bikinan Ibanez



Model gitar tersebut menjadi sangat terkenal dan mendapat respon yang sangat luar biasa dari para penggemar Paul Gilbert dan model gitar Fireman ini di buat dalam jumlah Limited Edition. Menarik memang dari modelnya tetapi kalau dilihat dari harganya, maka kantong kita akan teriak minta ampun…. hampir $9000 :p

Tapi itulah seni dan kualitas dari seorang musisi gitar terkenal di dunia.