Restrictive Relative Clauses.

Restrictive Relative Clauses.

1. Defines

   • The meaning of a noun
   • The meaning of noun phrase

2. Provides

   • Necessary information about the noun in the sentence.

3. Names

   • Clause
   • Essential phrase.

4. Rule

   • Not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.

5. Uses of

   • Who
     • Referring to people or when we want to know the person. Examples:
       • The woman who is speaking is a friend of mine.
         • The student who sits in the back of the room asks a lot of questions.
           • That’s the woman who stole my coat.
   • That
     • For both a person and a thing/idea, is used it usually refers to classes or types of people. Examples:
       • The results that I obtained may invoke positive social change.
         • That’s the man that I spoke to last week.
           • Where is the apple that I told you to not to eat?
   • Where
     • Relative adverb refers to places and locations. Examples:
       • The house where we lived was very big
         • That's where I spent my childhood.
           • The hospital where I was born is being knocked down.

6. Remember

   • When the relative pronoun functions as the object of the sentence, it can (and usually is) omitted from the relative clause. Examples:
     • The results (that) I obtained may invoke positive social change.
     • The participants (who) I interviewed met me at the local library.

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