RELATIVE CLAUSES

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF RELATIVE

CLAUSES:
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES (DRCS)
NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES (NDRCS)
THE RELATIVE CLAUSES ARE INTRODUCED
BY RELATIVE PRONOUNS: WHO, WHICH,
THAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHOM, WHOSE
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:
THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
ABOUT A PARTICULAR NOUN.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED CANNOT BE
REMOVED FROM THE TEXT WITHOUT
ALTERING THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE
THEY CAN BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OR AT
THE END OF THE SENTENCE
IN INFORMAL WRITING, WHO CAN BE
REPLACED BY THAT.
THEY ARE NOT SEPARATED BY COMMAS.
E.G. The girl that brought you milk is my
flatmate.

E.G. The place where you work is far away

from my office.
THE NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:
THEY ARE ALSO INTRODUCED BY RELATIVE
PRONOUNS
THEY PROVIDE EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT
A PARTICULAR NOUN, INFORMATION WHICH
CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE SENTENCE
WITHOUT ALTERING ITS MEANING.
THEY ARE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
SENTENCE.
THEY ARE PLACED BETWEEN COMMAS.
WHO CANNOT BE REPLACED BY THAT IN
INFORMAL WRITING.
E.G. That girl,who is dressed in black, is my
roomate.
e.g. The building, which was bought by that
businessman, is a very old one.