UNIT 2: RELATIVE CLAUSES
Defining relative clauses No pueden eliminarse. Especifican de qué tipo de
persona o cosa estamos hablando. NO COMAS.
Non-defining relative clauses Simplemente añaden información extra sobre un
nombre. COMAS. We put a relative clause as close as possible to the noun it refers
to.
1) RELATIVE PRONOUNS
•WHICH* cosas
•WHO* personas
* Pueden ir solos si son el objeto de la oración. THAT los sustituye en estilo
informal.
-Defining relative clause (subject pronoun):
There were many people who doubted that he ever succeed.
-Defining relative clause (object pronoun):
Mr. Righi was an Italian doctor who I studied at school.
-Non-defining relative clause (subject pronoun):
The story of radio began with Mr Hertz, who was the first one to use it.
-Non- defining relative clause (object pronoun):
Righi, who Marco respected greatly, guided his research.
Añadir información extra sobre cosas o animales:
-The invention that made this possible was the vaccum. (DSP)
-The model (that) you can see here shows how it works. (DOP)
-He opened a factory in Seville, which employed 50 people. (NDSP)
-His factory, which he set up in Seville, employed 50 people. (NDOP)
•Para sustituir him, her, it, them… (OBJETO) usamos WHOM, WHICH,
THAT
-Where is that nurse? I saw her last time where is that nurse whom/that I saw last
time?
-There are problems. You don’t have them There are problems which/that you don’t
have.
•Para lugar y tiempo WHEN (puede omitirse si se refiere al OBJ) y WHERE
(se puede omitir si se añade la preposición adecuada):
-Tell me the exact time (when) it happened.
-The house (where we stayed) we stayed IN was small.
-The first shop was opened in 1950 when he arrived.
-It was a period during which they met every day.
-I can remember the time I first went to the cinema.
-Move now to Webct, where you can find the syllabus.
-He devised an experiment in which a parrot sings jazz.
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