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Pronouns and Determiners - Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns are words that introduce relative clauses which provide additional information about a noun or noun phrase mentioned earlier in the sentence.

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Categorized English Pronouns and Determiners
who
who
[pronoun]

used to refer to people or animals with names

Ex: The person who is standing over there is my brother. 
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which
which
[pronoun]

used to refers to animals and things

Ex: The car which is parked outside, belongs to John. 
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that
that
[pronoun]

used to introduce relative clauses that refer to people, animals, or things

Ex: The book that I borrowed is amazing. 
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whom
whom
[pronoun]

used to refer to people in formal English, particularly when they are the object of a verb or preposition

Ex: He is the lawyer whom I consulted for legal advice. 
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whose
whose
[determiner]

used to show that the thing mentioned belongs to a particular person or thing

Ex: She's an author whose novels have topped the bestseller list. 
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