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 Definition: A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. A clause may be either a sentence (an independent clause) or a sentence-like construction within another sentence (a dependent clause). A defining relative clause (also called identifying relative clauses or restrictive relative clauses) gives essential information about the noun or noun phrase it modifies, the purpose of a defining relative clause is to clearly define who or what we are talking about. Without this information, it would be difficult to know who or what is meant. For example: •	The hotel that we stayed in wasn't bad. ("that we stayed in" tells the listener which hotel we are talking about; it defines the hotel) Punctuation Commas are not used in defining relative clauses. Relative pronouns The following relative pronouns are used in defining relative clauses: Person 	Thing 	Place 	Time 	Reason Subject	who/that	which/that Object	who/whom/that/ø	which/that/ø	where	when	why Possessive	whose 	whose

Notes: "Who", "whom" and "which" can be replaced by "that". This is very common in spoken English. The "relative pronoun" can be omitted (ø) when it is the object of the clause.

For example: •	The mouse that the elephant loved was very beautiful. •	The mouse /ø the elephant loved was very beautiful. "Whose" is used for things as well as for people.

For example: •	The man whose car was stolen. •	A tree whose leaves have fallen. "Whom" is very formal and is only used in written English. You can use "who/that, or omit" the pronoun completely.

For example: •	The doctor whom/who/that/ø I was hoping to see wasn't on duty. "That" normally follows words like "something, anything, everything, nothing, all, and superlatives". phrase A phrase is two or more words that express an idea and are a part of a sentence. (noun) An example of phrase is "went to the store." Phrase means to express in words. (verb) An example of phrase is to compose an apology.