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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.
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Relative clauses: defining and non-defining - English...
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In a defining relative clause, the information is essential to identify who or what we are talking about, whereas in non-defining relative clauses, we just add extra information, which is not necessary.
Relative clauses give us information about the person or thing mentioned. Non-defining relative clauses give us extra information about someone or something. It isn't essential for understanding who or what we are talking about. My grandfather, who's 87, goes swimming every day.
In non-defining relative clauses (=between commas), we can use of which/whom after a quantifier such as some, any, none, all, both, several, enough, many and few. Their daughters, both of whom are in university, don’t visit them very often.
A relative clause is a type of clause that contains the element in question, also known as the antecedent, along with a relative pronoun or adverb. The relative clause usually comes immediately after the noun it is describing. Relative clauses can either be defining (restrictive) or non-defining (non-restrictive).
Relative clauses give us information about the person or thing mentioned. Defining relative clauses give us essential information – information that tells us who or what we are talking about. The woman who lives next door works in a bank. These are the flights that have been cancelled.
Defining relative clauses (also called identifying relative clauses or restrictive relative clauses) give detailed information defining a general term or expression. Defining relative clauses are not put in commas. Imagine, Tom is in a room with five girls.
