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This paper argues against the assumption that in an English Relative Clause, the greater the distance or the number of words between the filler(noun phrase) and the gap(in the relative clause), the greater the difficulty for students as demonstrated in the SDH(Structural Distance Hypothesis) or LDH(Liner Distance Hypothesis). Because of the Unaccusative verb clause having an unique feature; Unaccusative verb has a subject whose meaning is a patient or a theme, it can be considered a Subjective Relative Clause in that it has the same number of words between the filler and the gap, or Objective Relatives Clauses in that it has the same structure between them. That’s why L2 learners have difficulty acquiring an English Relative Clause. Based on data from tests, this paper suggests that L2 learners should be reminded of other factors like verb features when learning an English Relative Clause.