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Relative Clauses - Coggle Diagram

- - - - • Give extra information about people or things
      - • Combine clauses without repeating information
      - • Example: Marie Curie is the woman who discovered radium
- - - - :
        
        • which → things
        
        • that → people & things
        
        • whose → possession
        
        • where → places
        
        • when → time
        
        • who / whom → people
- - - - • Defining RCs
        
        – Essential information
        
        – No commas
        
        – Can use “that” instead of who/which
        
        – Can omit pronoun if object
        
        – Example: The house Jack built
        
        – ⚠️ Don’t repeat subject/object
      - • Non-Defining RCs
        
        – Use commas
        
        – Cannot use “that”
        
        – Cannot omit pronoun
        
        – Example: Lord Thompson, who is 76, has retired
        
        – Extra (non-essential) information