RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES

RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES

1. Restrictive clauses give essential information in a sentence.

   • The sentence is meaningless without the clause.
     • A restrictive clause begins with a relative pronoun.

2. for restrictive clauses.

3. Non-restrictive clauses

   • Non-restrictive clauses give extra information (not essential to the meaning of the sentence)

4. EXAMPLES

   • He’s the man. He broke the world record in running.(who) He’s the man who broke the world record in running.
     • The woman gave me a rose. The woman Works in the flower shop. (that) The woman that Works in the flower shop gave me a rose.

5. There are common issues related to restrictive clauses:

   • Restrictive clauses are not offset with commas.
     • Sometimes omitting "which" or "that" will give you a more natural sounding sentence.

6. SUMMARY: NON-RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES

   • Adds additional information
     • Does not change the meaning of the sentence.
       • Set off by commas from the rest of the sentence.

7. PRONOUNS USED WHO, WHICH, THAT ( DIFFERENC BETWEEN WHICH, THAT)

   • We use “who” when we are talking about people. Example : we know a lot of people “who” live in the country.
     • We use “ that/ which” when we are talking about things or animals

8. Difference between which-that

   • THAT
     • restrictive clauses
       • "I like that song that you wrote." "The bowl has empty space. That makes it very useful."
   • WHICH
     • which is used to further specify, identify, or distinguish a particular thing.
       • "It is the empty space, which makes the bowl useful"

9. DIFERENCE

   • RECTRICTIVE CLAUSE
     • THEY ARE
       • IDENTIFICATION
       • LIMITING
   • NON-RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

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