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Explanation:
Defining and Non-Defining Relative Clauses.
Example.
What difference do you notice between two sentences? In sentence one the relative clause defines. It is a Defining relative clause. In second the Relative clause adds extra information about Nick. This is a Non-Defining Relative clause.
The woman who taught him surfing had been bitten by a shark.
Nick, who was teased and bullied had an electric wheelchair for mobility.
A Non-Defining Relative Clause is preceded and followed by a comma or a hyphen. Eg.
The brave 26-year old – who is mainly torso – plays football and golf, swims and surfs.
What is a clause? What are the different types of clauses?
A clause is a group of words that has subject, verb and object that gives either complete meaning or may not give the complete meaning.
Broadly there are two types of clauses such as Main clause and subordinate clause.
Another division of clauses like conditional clause, relative clause, noun clause, adjective clause, adverbial clause etc.
In this lesson let us discuss Relative clause.
A relative clause that shows the relation of the noun and the other words of the sentence.