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Understanding Relative Clauses

The document discusses the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Defining relative clauses add essential information about the noun and are set off without commas. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information and are set off by commas. Relative pronouns like who, which, and that can be omitted in defining clauses but not in non-defining clauses.

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Understanding Relative Clauses

The document discusses the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Defining relative clauses add essential information about the noun and are set off without commas. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information and are set off by commas. Relative pronouns like who, which, and that can be omitted in defining clauses but not in non-defining clauses.

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The phrase " who was

Relative Clause a major film star" adds


some extra information
to the sentence

"The celebrity, who was a


for example major film star, was
Are used to state additional information about the photographed on the red
noun in the sentence carpet"

we have
two types

Non-defining
Defining

Extra
My brother, who [Link]
I called my
Necessary lives in necessary to BETWEEN
NO COMMAS brother who lives
information Guadalajara, is distinguish wich COMMAS
in Guadalajara.
older. thing or person we
are talking about.

We can use
That's the bag We can not
WE CAN USE THAT This bikes, WICH
WICH/THAT I use THAT WE CAN NOT
THAT instead of cost a fortune, are
bought in Paris. instead of USE THAT
WHO/WICH made in Italy.
WHO/WICH 

We can omit RELATIVE


RELATIVE
WHO/WHICH/THAT That's the man They introduced We can not PRONOUNS
PRONOUNS
when they are (WHO/THAT) I me to John, who I omit CAN NOT BE
CAN BE
followed by like. liked immediately. WHO/WICH  OMITTED
OMITTED
SUBJECT+ VERB

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