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DEFINING VS NON

DEFINING

DEFINING NON DEFINING

We use the defining to be


We use the non defining
able to distinguish things, We do not use
when it is not necessary to USE COMMAS BETWEEN
people taking into account commas in
have a lot of information SENTENCES
that it is necessary sentences
about the thing or people
information

We can replace In the case of not


the words who defining we cannot
We can use THAT We can not use THAT replace the words who
or which with
the word THAT or what with that

For relative pronouns


the use of who, which WE CANNOT OMIT
Relative pronouns
Relative pronouns and that can be omitted, WHO OR WHAT
this can be replaced with
the subject + verb

My father is Young who I ate some burgers at inka


lives in Loja burguer which like it a lot
RELATIVE ADVERS

When (Time)
Where(place)
Why(ask)

WHEN AT/IN/ON/WHICH THAT


MEANING INFORMAL USE
TIME RELATIVE ADVERS
2014 was the year i when became
2014 was the year in which 2014 was the year that became
became a firefighter firefighter
a firefighter

WHERE AT/IN/ON/WHICH (THAT)AT/IN/ON


MEANING INFORMAL USE
PLACE RELATIVE ADVERS
Thar is the cinema in which saw Thar is the cinema that saw the
That is the cinema where I saw the
the movie of Batman movie of Batman in last week
movie of Batman

WHY FOR WHICH THAT


REASON RELATIVE ADVERS MEANING
We do not know for which the
INFROMAL USE
We do not know for that the
We do not know why the accident
happened accident happened accident happened

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