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Relative Clauses

Relative clauses are used to specify the person, thing, or place being discussed in a sentence, often using pronouns like who, which, that, and where. These pronouns can introduce clauses that provide additional information about nouns, with 'that' being more common in conversation compared to 'which'. Adjectives and phrases can also be employed to identify nouns, enhancing clarity in communication.

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Relative Clauses

Relative clauses are used to specify the person, thing, or place being discussed in a sentence, often using pronouns like who, which, that, and where. These pronouns can introduce clauses that provide additional information about nouns, with 'that' being more common in conversation compared to 'which'. Adjectives and phrases can also be employed to identify nouns, enhancing clarity in communication.

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Relative Clauses

 Are used to identify the person/thing/place which are talked about in the
sentences:
I saw the girl who was playing the piano.
My friend works in the shop that/which sells very expensive clothes.
 Sometimes we can use adjective or a phrase to identify someone or
something.
Adjective: the tall girl the new student the red car
Phrase: the man in the suit the shop on the corner the woman with the red hair

Who, which, that,where


 The relative pronouns who, which, that, where are used after the noun and
the beginning of the relative clauses.
Nick is the man who owns that enormous dog.
I don’t like the people who tell jokes all the time.
 We can also use that, but it is less usual.
The woman that lived here before us is a romantic novelist.
 That and which refer to things. That is more usual than which especially in
conversation.
The car that won the race looked very futuristic, didn’t it?
 Which can be a little formal.
There are several restaurants which do Sunday lunches.
 In all these sentences who, which and that are the subject of the relative
clause.

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