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”.
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, WHOSEDEFINING 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 SENTENCETHEY CAN BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OR AT THE
END OF THE SENTENCEIN 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 PRONOUNSTHEY 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.
