§ 518. Attributive clauses are postpositive adjuncts of nouns. They are commonly divided into relative and a'pposi-tiveclauses. Relative clauses are introduced by pronouns (or asyndetically). They are usually subdivided into restrictive and descriptive.The former serve to restrict the meaning of the antecedent, so that when the restrictive clause is left out, the sense of the sentence is seriously impaired
/ don't like girls who can't hold their tongues.(Black). Then we had that raid when Uncle Ned was killed.(Gilbert).
/ know the stories you have been feeding him.(Ib.).
Descriptive clauses serve to supply some additional information which does not restrict or specify the meaning of the antecedent.
E. g. The following day, which was Wednesday,we went to a solicitor. (Jerome). What about dining at the Embassy at Chawley, where they still brewed beer. (Gilbert).
§ 519. A variety of attributive clauses is the appositive clause, which formally differs from an attributive clause in being introduced by a conjunction (that, if, whether].
Tlie awful fact that /might never have met heris rather appalling. (Openheim).
He married you for the romantic reason that he had fallenin love with you. (Gilbert).
Appositive subordinate clauses mostly occur after abstract nouns such as idea, thought, feeling, fact, impression, reason, doubt, question, etc. *