A relative clause gives more information about someone or something referred to in a main clause.
There are two kinds of relative clauses:
- Defining relative clauses: used to specify which person o thing we mean, or which type of person or thing we mean.
e.g. The couple who live next to us have ten grandchildren.
- Non-defining relative clauses: used to add extra information about a noun, but this information is not necessary to explain which person or thing we mean.
e.g. Valerie Polkoff, who has died aged 90, escaped from Russia in 1917.
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- Defining relative clauses: used to specify which person o thing we mean, or which type of person or thing we mean.
e.g. The couple who live next to us have ten grandchildren.
- Non-defining relative clauses: used to add extra information about a noun, but this information is not necessary to explain which person or thing we mean.
e.g. Valerie Polkoff, who has died aged 90, escaped from Russia in 1917.
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