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Relative Clauses - Coggle Diagram
Relative Clauses
Non-defining relative clauses
Give us more informatios about a noun
Do not define or identify the noun
Are common in written English
Punctuation rule
We use commas when writing non-defining relative clauses.
Example: We visited Bellas Artes
,
which is close to Testal restaurant.
The relative pronouns
The relative pronoun of a non-defining clause can NEVER be omitted
Who - for people - subject or object pronoun
"who" is never replaced by "that"
We never use "that" in non-defining relative clauses
Which - for things or animals - subject or object pronoun
"Which" is never replaced by "that"
Whom - for people - subject or object pronoun
"whom" is never replaced by "that"
Whose - for people or things - possessive
Relative clauses
They make it clear which person or thing we are talking about.
We link the relative clause to the noun with a relative pronoun.
Relative pronouns
The relative pronoun can be omitted when is is the object of the clause.
Who - for people - subject or object pronoun
"who" is often replaced by "that" in spoken english.
Whom - for people - object pronoun
"whom" is often replaced by "that" in spoken english.
Which - for things or animals - subject or object pronoun
"which" is often replaced by "that" in spoken english.
That - for peoplw or things - subject or object pronoun
Whose - for people or things - possessive pronoun
Position of prepositions
1) Before the relative pronoun (formal)
2) At the end of the relative clause (informal)
"who" or "that" are not used after prepositions.
Punctuation rule
We do not use Commas when writing defining relative clauses.