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Six Minute Grammar from the BBC.
Hello.
Welcome to Six Minute Grammar with me.
Callum and me, Catherine.
Hello.
In this program, we're talking about relative clauses.
Yes.
Relative clauses add information about the person or thing that you're talking about.
There are two kinds of relative clauses, defining and non defining.
Let's begin with defining relative clauses.
Here's Finn with an example.
The man whose phone I found gave me a reward.
Thanks, Finn.
The clause whose phone I found is a defining relative clause because it identifies which man Finn is talking about.
If I ask the question, which man?
The relative clause answers it.
The man whose phone I found.
That's right.