Question

What is the function of the relative pronoun in the adjective clause? After the track meet, Lila congratulated the runner to whom she lost the race.
a. direct object
b. subject
c. object of a preposition
d. possessive

Answer 1

c. object of a preposition


Possessive pronouns are like his/her, ours, whose and etc.

Relative pronouns are pronouns that conjuncts clauses, sentence fragments, or a phrase to a specific noun or pronoun as the subject.
Examples are:
Who
Whom
Which
Whoever
Whichever
Whomever
That

Answer 2

c. object of a preposition

Possessive pronouns are like his/her, ours, whose and etc. Relative pronouns are pronouns that conjuncts clauses, sentence fragments, or a phrase to a specific noun or pronoun as the subject. Examples are:

Who

Whom

Which

Whoever

Whichever

Whomever

and

That