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<html><P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">We sometimes use a relative clause in order to add a little extra, unnecessary information.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In these kinds of sentences, we use a comma before and after the clause: </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #f4b083"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">My manager, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">who</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #f4b083"> </SPAN>prefers bigger teams, wants to recruit more staff.</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Our most recent project, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">which </SPAN>took two years to complete, was very successful.<SPAN style="COLOR: #f4b083"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #f4b083"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">If we remove the relative clause, the meaning of the sentence remains clear - we know which manager and project we are talking about:</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>My manager wants to recruit more staff.</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Our most recent project was very successful.</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #f4b083"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">So, there is a difference between these two sentences:</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">My sister, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">who</SPAN> lives in Paris, is an architect.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">My sister <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">who</SPAN> lives in Paris is an architect.</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #f4b083"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In sentence number 1. we know which sister we are talking about - maybe there is only one sister or it is already clear which one we are referring to. We could just say:</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #f4b083"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">My sister is an architect.</SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In sentence number 2. the speaker has more than one sister and uses a defining relative clause to tell us which one is an architect. It is the one who lives in Paris.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"></SPAN></B> </P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc">Note that </SPAN></B><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></B></P> <P class=ecxmsonormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><B style=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> |