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State whether true or false:
The girl who usually cuts my hair has won the lottery.
In the above-mentioned sentence, the underlined pronoun is a relative pronoun.
a. True
b. False

Answer
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Hint: Relative pronouns are a pronoun that joins a clause or phrase to the noun or pronoun. They link together independent and dependent clauses. Examples - who, which, whom, whomever, whose, whoever, whichever, and that.

Complete solution:
A sentence that contains relative pronouns is poised to answer questions such as Which one? How many? or What kind?
Relative clauses are also referred to as adjective clauses, because they identify or provide us with additional information about the subject of the independent clause they relate to. Relative clauses describe that subject. They, like conjunctions, are the means to join clauses.
Types of Relative Pronouns:-
Who: Refers to a person (as the subject of the verb)
Whom: Refers to a person (as the object of the verb)
Which: Refers to an animal or non-living thing
What: Refers to a non-living thing
That: Refers to a person, or an animal, or a thing
Examples:-
The woman who came to the door left letters for you.
I am not sure whom this toy belongs to.
Interpretative dance, which I find a bit uninteresting, is all the rage.
Is this what you were shouting about?
She finally visited the coffee shop that had such great feedback.
According to the definition and explanation of Relative Pronouns, it is clear that the mentioned sentence is a relative pronoun and hence option a is correct and option b is incorrect. The statement refers to the girl who is the subject of the verb and additional information is provided about her.

Note: To attend the question of true and false, always come up with definite reasons and explanations to support the answer like in this case, the concept of relative pronoun was important to be understood to consider the statement to be true or false.
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