2019-10-15 Writing: defining/nondefining

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework (to start in class): p. 181 exercise 7 (both parts)
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A holiday, which is especially fun for children, is Halloween.
- This sentence states that “a holiday” in general is especially fun for children.

Holidays which are especially fun for children include Christmas and Halloween.
	= These two holidays, compared to other holidays, are more fun for children.
Holidays, which are especially fun for children, include Christmas and Halloween.
	= All holidays are especially fun for children. Holidays include Christmas and Halloween.
	(In this sentence, there’s no direct connection between Halloween and children.)
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We can remove “that” if it isn’t the subject of the relative clause.
	The book that I read for class was interesting. -> The book I read for class was interesting.

the restaurant where I ate yesterday
the restaurant in which I ate yesterday
the restaurant which I ate in yesterday
the restaurant that I ate in yesterday
the restaurant I ate in yesterday
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Focus on Grammar p. 231 exercise 5
That’s the house. I grew up in the house.
	That’s the house (that) I grew up in.
That’s the house. I grew up in the house.
	That’s the house where I grew up.

7 My best friend lived across the hall. I loved her family.
	My best friend, whose family I loved, lived across the hall.
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2 I lived with my parents and my siblings, whom you’ve met.
3 I had two sisters, whom I felt a close connection to, and an older brother.
4 My sisters and I shared a room(,) where we spent nights talking.
5 My brother, whom I hardly ever saw, slept on the living room couch.
6 It was a large old couch(,) which my father had made himself.
8 We went to the same school, where we both studied English.
9 Mr. Robinson, whom everyone was a little afraid of, was our English teacher.
10 After school I worked in a bakery(,) which my aunt and uncle owned.
11 They sold delicious bread and cake, which people stood in line for hours to buy.
12 My brother and sisters, whom I miss, live far away now.
13 When we get together we like to talk about the old days(,) when we all lived at home.
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he / who (subject)
him / whom (object)
his / whose (possessive)