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Relative Clauses - Non-Defining Relative Clauses

The document discusses relative pronouns and relative clauses in English. It explains that who is used for people as subjects, which is used for animals or objects as subjects, whose means "whose", and whom is used for people as objects. It also discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information to a sentence and are separated by commas, while defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of the sentence. The document provides examples to illustrate the different types of relative pronouns and relative clauses.

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Relative Clauses - Non-Defining Relative Clauses

The document discusses relative pronouns and relative clauses in English. It explains that who is used for people as subjects, which is used for animals or objects as subjects, whose means "whose", and whom is used for people as objects. It also discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information to a sentence and are separated by commas, while defining relative clauses are essential to the meaning of the sentence. The document provides examples to illustrate the different types of relative pronouns and relative clauses.

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Who - usado para o sujeito ou pronomes pessoais. Ex: I told you about who lives here.

(eu contei a voc sobre quemvive aqui) Which - usado para sujeito ou pronomes para animais ou coisas. Ex: My dog, which is brown, is sleeping. (meu cachorro, que marrom, est dormindo) Whose - tm o significado de "cujo". Ex: Do you know the boy whose father is dead? (voc conhece o garoto cujo paiest morto?) Whom - usado para pessoas. Ex: I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference. (eu fui convidado pelo professor que eu encontrei na conferncia.) Note que tem mesma aparncia do "who", mas s usado em casos onde o pronome relativo no define (classifica, identifica) o sujeito/substantivo. That - usado para sujeito, pessoas, animais, coisas, nos casos onde "define" alguma coisa. Ex: I do not like the car thatis parked there (Eu no gosto do carro que est estacionado ali) Relative clauses - non-defining relative clauses Relative clauses add extra information to a sentence by defining a noun. They are usually divided into two types defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses. Non-defining relative clauses Look at this sentence.

My grandfather, who is 87, goes swimming every day. who is 87 is a non-defining relative clause. It adds extra information to the sentence. If we take the clause out of the sentence, the sentence still has the same meaning. Look at some more examples.

The film, which stars Tom Carter, is released on Friday. My eldest son, whose work takes him all over the world, is in Hong Kong at the moment. The car, which can reach speeds of over 300km/ph, costs over $500,000. Non-defining relative clauses add extra information to sentences. Defining or non-defining? Remember that defining relative clauses are used to add important information. The sentence would have a different meaning without the defining relative clause.

Im going to wear the skirt that I bought in London. The defining relative clause tells us which skirt. The skirt, which is a lovely dark blue colour, only cost 10. The non-defining relative clause doesnt tell us which skirt it gives us more information about the skirt. Non-defining relative clauses can use most relative pronouns (which, whose etc,) but they CANT use that and the relative pronoun can never be omitted.

The film, that stars Tom Carter, is released on Friday. Non-defining relative clauses are more often used in written English than in spoken English. You can tell that a clause is non-defining because it is separated by commas at each end of the clause.

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