Noun phrases: Relative Clauses

Guidance will be given to enable you to (a) clearly see the linguistic structures of the following expressions; and (b) readily produce expressions with such structures.

To ensure your success, adequate examples will be further provided with clear explanation.

Restrictive

• • • People who take physical exercise are more likely to live longer.

    • Those who help the handicapped deserve our support.

    • A triangle which has 3 sides equal is called an equilateral triangle.

    • 1 July 1997 was the date on which sovereignty over Hong Kong reverted to China.

    • You should restrict yourself to words with which you are familiar and which you can use confidently.

    • The person to whom complaints should be addressed is Miss Rebecca Miller.

    • The lady with whom I went to Paris last month speaks fluent English and French.

    • The office in which he works … (the office where he works …)

    • The restaurant at which I had lunch … (the restaurant where I had lunch …)

    • The reason for which he comes here is … (The reason why he comes here is …)

    • She must be one of the most remarkable women that (has) ever lived.

Non-restrictive

• • • Brussels, which is the headquarters of the European Union, is an attractive city.

    • The Bible, which has been translated, remains a bestseller.

    • Here is John Smith, whom I mentioned the other day.

    • This fountain pen, which cost me a lot of money, leaks badly.

    • This problem, to which reference was made 3 months ago, has not yet been solved.

    • Five years ago he came to London, where he has lived ever since.

    • Tacloban, which is a city of about 220,000 people on Leyte Island, bore the full force of the winds and the tsunami-like storm surges.