DEFENING / NON-DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
Defining relative clauses We use defining relative clauses to give essential information about someone or something – information that we need in order to understand what or who is being referred to. A defining relative clause usually comes immediately after the noun it describes. We usually use a relative pronoun (e.g. who, that, which, whose and whom ) to introduce a defining relative clause (In the examples, the relative clause is in bold , and the person or thing being referred to is underlined .): They’re the people who want to buy our house . Here are some cells which have been affected . They should give the money to somebody who they think needs the treatment most . [talking about an actress] She’s now playing a woman whose son was killed in the First World War . Spoken English: In defining relative clauses we often use that instead of who, whom or which . This is very common in informal speaking: They’re the peo
