SAT Tips from Veritas Prep  SAT Tip: Cardinal Rules for Relative
Pronouns  SAT Tip: Cardinal Rules for Relative Pronouns
Photograph by Getty Images   The SAT loves to test pronouns. The
most common method is putting the wrong pronoun in a sentence
(for example, “it” instead of “they”). Pronouns, however, come
in a variety of flavors, so it can get tricky to keep track of
them all: subjective case, objective case … the list goes on.
Luckily, we don’t need to know those names, just what they do. A
few special pronouns to keep in mind are what we call “relative”
pronouns. These are pronouns such as that, who, whom, whose,
which, where, when, and why. These noun substitutes are often
used to link a dependent clause back to the main clause in a
sentence:  My sister Marissa loves ice cream, which isn’t a very
healthy snack for her to eat.  Here the relative pronoun “which”
replaces “ice cream” and begins a dependent clause. Here are a
few good rules to remember when it comes to relative pronouns.
Use who and whom