Reason Clause

A type of subordinate clause, describing the reason why some action or event holds true, e.g. John was an hour late, because he missed the train.
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Reciprocal Pronoun

The reciprocal pronouns in English are each other and one another.
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Reduced Relative Clause

This is a type of relative clause which lacks a relative adverb or pronoun. For example, the book written by you and the man following us both contain reduced relatives. The full relative equivalents are: the book which was written by you, and the man who is following us. Unlike zero relative clauses, reduced relatives contain nonfinite verbs.
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Reflexive Pronoun

A pronoun in the OBJECTIVE CASE followed by the -self ending, e.g. Bill cut himself. We defended ourselves brilliantly. In these examples the highlighted reflexive pronoun refers back to the SUBJECT of the sentence.
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Relative Adverb

When, where and why are a relative of ADVERBS. They can occur at the beginning of a RELATIVE CLAUSE, as in the following sentence:. This is the house where Diane was born.
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Relative Clause

A relative clause gives more information about a noun or modifies it, as in the following example: The man who bought our house has just won the lottery. Relative clauses contain relative adverbs or pronouns, which do not need to be overt, for example in a ZERO RELATIVE CLAUSE or a REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSE.
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Relative Pronoun

Who, which, that and whom are relative pronouns. They occur at the beginning of RELATIVE CLAUSES. For example, The cake that I've just baked is too hot to eat.
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Result Clause

A subordinate clause which describes the result of some event, e.g. the kitchen was flooded, so we had to eat out.
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