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    Relative Clauses

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    Relative clauses specify the meaning of the main clause and are introduced by conjunctions like who, whose, which, that, where, and when. They are divided into defining clauses, which provide essential information and cannot be removed from the sentence, and non-defining clauses, which provide nonessential information and can be removed from the sentence. Defining clauses use conjunctions like "that" and do not include commas, while non-defining clauses always use "which" and are set off by commas.

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    Relative clauses specify the meaning of the main clause and are introduced by conjunctions like who, whose, which, that, where, and when. They are divided into defining clauses, which provide essential information and cannot be removed from the sentence, and non-defining clauses, which provide nonessential information and can be removed from the sentence. Defining clauses use conjunctions like "that" and do not include commas, while non-defining clauses always use "which" and are set off by commas.

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    Difference between defining and non-defining clauses

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    Relative clauses specify the meaning of the main clause and are introduced by conjunctions like who, whose, which, that, where, and when. They are divided into defining clauses, which provide essential information and cannot be removed from the sentence, and non-defining clauses, which provide nonessential information and can be removed from the sentence. Defining clauses use conjunctions like "that" and do not include commas, while non-defining clauses always use "which" and are set off by commas.

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    Relative clauses specify the meaning of the main clause and are introduced by conjunctions like who, whose, which, that, where, and when. They are divided into defining clauses, which provide essential information and cannot be removed from the sentence, and non-defining clauses, which provide nonessential information and can be removed from the sentence. Defining clauses use conjunctions like "that" and do not include commas, while non-defining clauses always use "which" and are set off by commas.

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    Relative Clauses

    Relative clauses
     Specify the meaning of the main clause
     Are introduced by conjunctions: who, whose, which, that, where, when
     Are divided into:

    Defining(restrictive) Non-defining(non-
    clauses restrictive) clauses
    Do you remember the CD that I gave you
    last week? He gave me a CD, which I loved instantly!

    - can’t be taken away from the sentence


    (essential info) - can be taken away from the sentence
    - narrows down the meaning (nonessential info)
    - can omit the conjunction (who/which/that) - can’t omit the conjunction
    - usually is used with “that” instead of - no “that”, only “which”
    “which” - comma
    - no comma

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