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Indicate who or what the speaker refers One of the differences between Defining and Non-defining Relatives Clauses

is the use of commas. Defining commas have never before or after them

The relative pronouns that we can use in Defining Relative Clauses are:
WHO

For talk about people Example: He is the man who lives next door
(l es el hombre que vive en la puerta de al lado)

In english its correct use WHO as subject of a verb and WHOM like a object. We use WHOM instead of WHO after the prepositions like: TO, OF, FOR, WITH, etc.

Examples

WITH WHOM. Con quien. FOR WHOM. Para quien. FOR WHOM DID YOU ORGANIZE THE PARTY?
Para quien organizaste la fiesta?

SOME OF WHOM MAY HELP INTRODUCE US TO OTHERS.


Algunos de los que quiz puedan ayudarnos a darnos a conocer a otros

WHICH For talk about things or objects


Example: This is the photo which I took

(Esta es la foto que yo tom)

WHERE For talk about places

Example This is the place where I grew up


(Este el lugar donde yo nac)

The pronoun THAT could substitute to WHO and WHICH. Example: He is the man who / that I met Example: This is the photo which / that shows my house.

More examples

We helped the mother who/ that was screaming. We could not help the other one.
Ayudamos a la madre que estaba gritando. No pudimos ayudar a la otra.

The children that initiated the game won and the others lost.
Los nios que iniciaron el juego ganaron y los otros perdieron.

We purchased the books that were on sale. The others stayed.


Adquirimos los libros que estaban en oferta. Los otros se quedaron all.

The fence that had just been painted was photographed by the tourists.
La cerca que estaba recin pintada fue fotografiada por los turistas.

Pick up the red tie that is the finest, not the one that is so old.
Escoge la corbata roja que es la ms fina de todas, no la que es tan vieja.

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