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STUDY REFERENCE

GRAMMAR New colleagues

Language Summary

Relative clauses (defining)

Who / that
• You use who / that to join two ideas about a person.
Mel’s a new person. She makes the artwork.
Mel’s the new person who makes the artwork.
Mel’s the new person who / that makes the artwork.

That / which
• You use that / which to join two ideas about a thing. In the U.S., that is more common
than which.
iHOME is a small company. iHOME designs websites.
iHOME is a company that designs websites.
iHOME is a small company that / which designs websites.

Where
You use where to join two ideas about a place.
Downtown is a part of Boston. Our other office is located there.
Downtown is the part of Boston where our other office is located.
Downtown Boston is the place where our other office is located.

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