Non-Defining Relative Clauses Erklärung und Übungen
www.abiweb.de › englisch-grammatik-crashkursIn contrast to defining relative clauses, non-defining relative clauses do not normally say anything about what particular person or thing you mean. They are rather used to give additional information about something or somebody which is not essential for the sentence to make sense. Study this example, which tells something about the book "The White Tiger" by Aravindt Adiga ( Balram is the name of the main character; the novel is an epistolary novel, i.e. the novel consists of letters):
Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses
diposit.ub.edu › dspace › bitstreamdefining relative clauses are used to add important information. The sentence would have a different meaning without the defining relative clause. I’m going to wear the skirt that I bought in London. The defining relative clause tells us which skirt. • The skirt, which is a lovely dark blue colour, only cost £10. The non-defining relative ...