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    This document discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses. Defining clauses provide essential information about the noun, while non-defining clauses provide non-essential information. Defining clauses do not use commas, while non-defining clauses do use commas. Relative pronouns like who, which, and that introduce both defining and non-defining clauses, but that cannot introduce non-defining clauses. The pronoun can be omitted when used as the object of a defining clause but not when used as the object of a non-defining clause. Other relative pronouns like whose, whom, where, when, and why are also discussed.

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    This document discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses. Defining clauses provide essential information about the noun, while non-defining clauses provide non-essential information. Defining clauses do not use commas, while non-defining clauses do use commas. Relative pronouns like who, which, and that introduce both defining and non-defining clauses, but that cannot introduce non-defining clauses. The pronoun can be omitted when used as the object of a defining clause but not when used as the object of a non-defining clause. Other relative pronouns like whose, whom, where, when, and why are also discussed.

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    RELATIVE CLAUSES (provide extra information).

    DEFINING (provide essential information) NON-DEFINING (provide not essential information)


    The woman is a doctor. My brother Jim is a doctor.
    The woman lives next door (essential inf.) My brother lives in London (not essential information)
    The woman who lives next door is a doctor. My brother Jim, who lives in London, is a doctor.

    No commas needed. Commas are needed.

    MAIN PRONOUNS: WHO, WHICH, THAT. MAIN PRONOUNS: WHO, WHICH. (THAT is not possible).
    For people: who or that For people: who
    For things and animals: which or that For things and animals: which.

    -AS SUBJECT cannot be omitted: AS SUBJECT: cannot be omitted.

    The girl won. I talked to the girl. Ann retired two years ago. Ann won many races.
    I talked to the girl who/that won. Ann, who retired two years ago, won many races.

    -AS OBJECT: can be omitted. AS OBJECT: cannot be omitted.

    This morning I ran into an old friend. We ran into Sara at the supermarket this morning.
    Lately I had been telling you about her. She used to work for me .
    This morning I ran into the old friend (that/who) Sara, who we met at the supermarket this morning,
    I had been telling you about lately. used to work for me.

    OTHER PRONOUNS:
    WHOSE: in place of his, her, their… Possessive. Used for people and things in all relative sentences.

    Susan is the woman whose husband is an actor. Susan, whose husband is an actor, was in a very bad mood.

    WHOM: more formal than WHO. Only used as an object pronoun in both defining and non-defining relative sentences.

    WHERE (places), WHEN (time) and WHY (reason).

    Paris is the place where they met. Paris, where they met, is the capital of France.

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