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Defining and Non-defining relative clauses

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In English there are subordinate sentences inside a major sentence and there are many sort of  subordinate sentences, we focus now those parts of the sentences which are introduced by a relative pronoun and these relative clauses use to describe a noun. A relative clause gives more information about the person, animal or thing that can be essential (defining) or just informative (non-defining) to the main sentence. They are very useful in sentences because we avoid writing two  sentences and contributes to the fluidity of the sentence. The most common relative pronouns are who (used instead of people), where (used for places), which  (used instead of things), whose (used instead of possessions), we can replace that instead of who or  which. Defining relative clauses define or identify the people, animal or thing we are referring,  sometimes we can avoid the relative pronoun because the subject is the same as in the main sentence. Ex. The man who is wearing a tie is my brother. The hor