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    1. The document discusses different types of relative clauses, including defining and non-defining relative clauses. 2. Defining relative clauses add essential information to the sentence and do not use commas, while non-defining relative clauses add extra information and use commas. 3. The document lists the different relative pronouns that can be used to introduce a relative clause, including who, where, why, when, whose, whom, which, and that.

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    1. The document discusses different types of relative clauses, including defining and non-defining relative clauses. 2. Defining relative clauses add essential information to the sentence and do not use commas, while non-defining relative clauses add extra information and use commas. 3. The document lists the different relative pronouns that can be used to introduce a relative clause, including who, where, why, when, whose, whom, which, and that.

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    RELATIVE PRONOUNS - Concepto

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    1. The document discusses different types of relative clauses, including defining and non-defining relative clauses. 2. Defining relative clauses add essential information to the sentence and do not use commas, while non-defining relative clauses add extra information and use commas. 3. The document lists the different relative pronouns that can be used to introduce a relative clause, including who, where, why, when, whose, whom, which, and that.

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    1.

    CLAUSE =
    Subordinated sentences with grammatical independence (It has its own
    subject + verb + complement.

    2. RELATIVE CLAUSE =
    Subordinated sentence that begins with a RELATIVE PRONOUN.

    3. RELATIVE PRONOUNS= Which are they? What do they refer to?


    Relative clauses begin with a relative pronoun:
     WHO = People (subject)
     WHERE = Place
     WHY = Reasons
     WHEN = Time/ dates
     WHOSE = possessions
     WHOM = People (Object)
     WHICH = Things
     THAT = People or things

    4. TYPES OF RELATIVE CLAUSES:


    DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSE
    Subordinates sentences that add relevant information. Subordinated sentences that add just extra
     He is Carlos, the friend that I was telling you information.
    about.  Pedro Castillo is now in prision.
     That is the man who/ that helped me the other  Pedro Castillo, who was a former
    day. president of Peru, is now in prision.
     That is the house where I used to live.  C. Columbus, who discovered America,
    was Italian.
    NO COMMAS are used.  C. Columbus, who discovered America,
    was Italian.
    Use THAT as a second choice for WHO or Which.
    It takes commas before the relative pronoun
    Sometimes the relative pronoun can be skipped or and after the last word.
    avoided. Only when the relative pronoun doesn’t serve
    as a subject of the subordinated sentences (relative N.D.R.C. don’t use THAT. They only use WHO
    clause). or WHICH.
     He is Carlos, the friend that ( I )was telling you
    about. OK! N.D.R.C. always mention the relative pronoun.
     He is Carlos, the friend that ( I )was telling you
    about. OK!
     That is the man (who) helped me the other day.
    OK!
     That is the man (who) helped me the other day.
    NOT OK!
    Good morning, today I’m going to explain the difference between the first and second
    sentences.

    The first one has extra information, because if we omitted “which we visited yesterday” the
    sentence has the same meaning “The castle was amazing” and is in past simple so we can
    deduce that we visited it yesterday.

    And the second one. Which refers to things, animals, or ideas. “The castle” is a place because
    the sentence says we visited it. So we can deduce that. I think the second sentence is wrong,
    and the correct sentence is “The castle, where we visited yesterday, was amazing.” Also in
    non.defining relative clauses we cannot omit relative pronoun, but if we omit “which” the
    meaning of sentences doesn’t change

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