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Identify the relative clause in the following statement:
A novelist is a person who writes novels.

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A novelist
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who writes novels
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a person
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is a person who
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Solution

The correct option is B who writes novels
A relative clause describes the noun that precedes it, in the main part of the sentence. Here "who writes novels" describes "novelist", hence Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not adhere to the goal, hence incorrect.

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