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    There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining clauses add essential information to the sentence and the meaning would be incomplete without them, while non-defining clauses add non-essential information and the meaning remains intact without them. Defining clauses can omit the pronoun when it is the object of the clause, while non-defining clauses always use commas. Relative clauses with prepositions follow the rule of placing the preposition after the verb in the relative clause.

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    There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining clauses add essential information to the sentence and the meaning would be incomplete without them, while non-defining clauses add non-essential information and the meaning remains intact without them. Defining clauses can omit the pronoun when it is the object of the clause, while non-defining clauses always use commas. Relative clauses with prepositions follow the rule of placing the preposition after the verb in the relative clause.

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    There are two types of relative clauses: defining and non-defining. Defining clauses add essential information to the sentence and the meaning would be incomplete without them, while non-defining clauses add non-essential information and the meaning remains intact without them. Defining clauses can omit the pronoun when it is the object of the clause, while non-defining clauses always use commas. Relative clauses with prepositions follow the rule of placing the preposition after the verb in the relative clause.

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    RELATIVE CLAUSES

    Relative clauses – defining / non -defining

    Which relative pronouns do you know?


    which, who, that, where, when, whose, why

    What do they generally refer to?


    which > object
    who > person
    that > object, person
    where > place
    when > time
    why > reason
    Relative clauses – defining / non -defining

    There are two types of relative clauses:


    Defining Non-defining
    They add essential information.
    Without the relative clause, the
    meaning of the sentence is
    incomplete.

    This is the car [ that / which* I want].


    This is someone [that / who you would like to know].
    This is the car [ that / which* is too expensive].
    She’s someone [that / who hates chemistry and physics].

    In American English only THAT is used for things in defining


    Relative clauses (* These would be wrong in AE).
    Exercise 1 (SB, p. 4
    Relative clauses – defining / non -defining

    Defining relative clauses


    Sometimes, we can omit the pronoun in defining relative
    clauses. Do you know when?

    This is the car [(that/which)


    that / whichI Iwant.
    want].

    This is someone [that


    (that/who)
    / who you
    you would
    would like
    like to
    to know.
    know].

    This is the car [that


    that/ /which
    whichisistoo
    tooexpensive.
    expensive].

    She’s someone [that


    that //who
    whohates
    hateschemistry
    chemistryand
    andphysics.
    physics].

    We can omit the pronoun in defining relative clauses


    when it is the OBJECT (not the SUBJECT).
    Exercises 2-3 (SB, p. 40
    Relative clauses – defining / non -defining

    There are two types of relative clauses:


    Defining Non-defining
    They add non-essential information.
    Without the relative clause, the
    meaning of the sentence is still OK.

    My best friend , whose father died not long ago, wants to go out
    with my sister.
    His father, who died in a car accident, left him a lot of money.
    In his will, which was very short and clear, he left everything to his
    two sons.
    Relative clauses – defining / non -defining

    Non-defining relative clauses


    We always use commas around non-defining relative clauses.

    Match the following main statements to their non-defining


    clauses:

    1) This church is haunted.


    2) My son wants to be a professional magician.
    3) Corsica is a beautiful island.

    a) It’s very mountainous.


    b) It’s very old.
    c) He can already do a lot of tricks.

    Exercise 6 (SB, p. 41)


    Relative clauses – defining / non -defining

    Relative clauses and prepositions: word order


    Here you have some relative clauses with prepositions:

    The man [ I told you about ] had had strange experiences


    with aliens.
    (The man about whom I told you had had …. = informal)

    The object [they were looking at ] wasn’t a UFO.


    (The object at which they were looking … = informal)

    The rule is:

    Prepositions that affect the relative pronoun come after the


    VERB in the relative clause.
    ……………
    Exercise 7 (SB, p. 41)

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