A. Defining relative clauses

We use a defining relative clause to give important information about the subject or object of the sentence.

The information is essential to the meaning of the sentence. We never use commas in such sentences.

The man who lives next door lent me the screwdriver.
This is a man whose wallet was stolen.
→ Without the relative clause, it would be not easy to understand the meaning.

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Omitting the relative pronoun

We can leave out the relative pronoun in defining relative clauses if it refers to the object of the clause.

This is a film (that) I told you about. (I = subject, this film = object, so we can omit that)

The person who found the money was given a reward. (who is a subject of the clause, so we cannot miss it out)

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Relative Clauses (who, that, which, whom, whose, etc.)