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Defining and Non Defining Relative Clauses

The document discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses in three paragraphs. Defining relative clauses provide essential information about a person or thing, while non-defining relative clauses provide extra information that is not essential to understanding who or what is being referred to. Key differences are that defining relative clauses do not use commas, while non-defining relative clauses do use commas. Examples of each type of relative clause are provided.

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Defining and Non Defining Relative Clauses

The document discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses in three paragraphs. Defining relative clauses provide essential information about a person or thing, while non-defining relative clauses provide extra information that is not essential to understanding who or what is being referred to. Key differences are that defining relative clauses do not use commas, while non-defining relative clauses do use commas. Examples of each type of relative clause are provided.

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UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE

CIUDAD ACUÑA

RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINING AND NON

DEFINING

LOGISTICS "8" "A"

SUBJECT: ENGLISH VI

TEACHER´S NAME: VICTOR EDUARDO


VALLADARES

TEAM MEMBERS:
MOISES SERRANO
GRISELDA ORTIZ
ALEIDY LOPEZ
FRIDA VARGAS

DATE: 19/05/2022

WORK TYPE: RESEARCH

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DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINITION

We use defining relative clauses to give essential


information about someone or something – information
that we need in order to understand what or who is being
referred to. A defining relative clause usually comes
immediately after the noun it describes.

We usually use a relative pronoun (e.g. who, that, which,


whose and whom) to introduce a defining relative clause

GRAMMAR

USES

Defining relative clauses are composed of a relative


pronoun (sometimes omitted), a verb, and optional other
elements such as the subject or object of the verb.
Commas are not used to separate defining relative clauses
from the rest of the sentence. Commas or parentheses are
used to separate non-defining relative clauses from the
rest of the sentence.

KEY WORDS

who
which
whose
whom
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EXAMPLES

Children who hate chocolate are uncommon.


They live in a house whose roof is full of holes.
An elephant is an animal that lives in hot countries.
Let's go to a country where the sun always shines.
The reason why I came here today is not important.

NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

DEFINITION

We use non-defining relative clauses to give extra


information about the person or thing. It is not necessary
information. We don’t need it to understand who or what is
being referred to.
We always use a relative pronoun (who, which, whose or
whom) to introduce a non-defining relative clause

GRAMMAR

USES

As the name suggests, non-defining relative clauses tell us


more about someone or something, but the information in
these clauses does not help us to define what we are
talking about.

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KEY WORDS

who
which
whose
when
where

EXAMPLES

John's mother, who lives in Scotland, has 6


grandchildren.
My friend John, who went to the same school as me, has
just written a best-selling novel.
My grandmother, who is dead now, came from the North
of England.
We stopped at the museum, which we had never visited
before.
I've just come back from London, where John lives..
Yesterday I met a woman named Susan, whose
husband works in London.

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