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CLAUSES
PLORE 12
Unit 1.3. English Online
Unit 3.5. Open Democracy
Teresa Pinto de Almeida ▪ Paula M. Araújo ▪ Telma Coelho
How we talk to one another defines who we are.
That’s the linguist whom I met at the conference
last week.
He consciously changed his accent that was a bit
snobbish.
American English, which has become the most
dominant form of English, is easier to pronounce
than British English.
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Relative Pronounsconnect
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relative
clausetotoaamain
clause mainclause.
clause.
Teresa Pinto de Almeida ▪ Paula M. Araújo ▪ Telma Coelho
Non-definingRelative
Non-defining RelativeClause
Clause
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DEFINING RELATIVE
RELATIVE CLAUSE
DEFINING RELATIVE
RELATIVE CLAUSE
NON-DEFINING
NON-DEFINING
CLAUSE
Between
CLAUSE
No comma
commas
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That cannot be
used or omitted
used.
if it is the object.
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withaapreposition
preposition/ /particle.
particle.
• • IsIsthat
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theLanguage
LanguageInstitute which
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youstudied?
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Teresa Pinto de Almeida ▪ Paula M. Araújo ▪ Telma Coelho
Now Practise!
RELATIVE CLAUSES
XPLORE 12
Unit 1.3. English Online
Unit 3.5. Open Democracy