Defining and non - defining relative clauses

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Defining and nondefining relative clauses
ОПРЕДЕЛИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ПРИДАТОЧНЫЕ ОГРАНИЧИТЕЛЬНЫЕ И
РАСПРОСТРАНИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЯ

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Defining relative clauses
come immediately after a noun and give important information about it.
They tell us which person, thing or place we are talking about.
We use relative pronouns like:
Who (that) – for people
Where – for places
Which (that) – for things
Whose – for possessions

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For example:
He married a girl (who) he met at the library.(object) (дополнение)
He married a girl he met at the library.(we can omit who when it is the object)
That’s the boy who helped me. (subject) (подлежащее)
I've eaten the pasta (which) I made yesterday.(object)
That’s the cat that I saw in my garden.(subject)
This is a place where I live. (cannot be omitted)
This is a woman whose son studies in our school. (cannot be omitted)

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Non-defining relative clauses
Come immediately after a noun and give us extra information about it.
We often use it to combine information from two simple sentences.
We use relative pronouns like:
Who – for people
Where – for places
Which – for things
Whose – for possessions

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For example:
Donald Trump is an American president. He was a businessman.
Donald Trump, who was a businessman, is an American President.
My grandpa, who is 90 years old, loves playing chess.
Our college, which gives additional education in English , accept all the students.
Charles Dickens, whose novel we read last week, was born two hundred years ago.

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Defining clauses(ограничительные)
• Give important imformation about noun, without it
the sentence loses its meaning
• No commas
• Relative pronouns(who/which) could be omitted
• Relative pronouns (who/which) could be changed
into that
Non-defining clauses (распространительные)
Give additional information
Put commas
Relative pronouns (who/which) couldn’t be
changed into that