Relative clauses
What is a relative clause?
We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give
more information about something.
I bought a new car. It is very fast.
→ I bought a new car that is very fast.
She lives in New York. She likes living in New York.
→ She lives in New York, which she likes.
DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
A)defining relative clause)tells which noun we are talking about:
I like the woman who lives next door.
(If I don't say 'who lives next door', then we don't know which
woman I mean).
NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
A)non-defining relative clause)gives us extra information about
something. We don't need this information to understand the
sentence.
I live in London, which has some fantastic parks.
(Everybody knows where London is, so 'which has some fantastic
parks' is extra information).