Relative pronouns

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Defining Relative Clauses nos dan una información esencial que no puede ser omitida mientras que las Non-defining
Relative Clauses proporcionan una información adicional que puede ser
omitida.
E.g.: This is the house which he wants to buy (Defining)
Esta es la casa que quiere comprar
E.g.: The government, which promises to cut taxes, will be popular (Nondefining)
El gobierno, que promete cortar los impuestos, será popular
Diferencias: -Defining nunca llevan comas, ni antes ni después de ellas.
-Non-defining siempre van entre comillas al ser una información adicional, no se puede omitir el pronombre, no se usa el that..
·who or that: to talk about people: she's the model who's working for Paul Smith
·which or that to talk about things: the guards wear hats that are bear skins
·where to talk about places: it's the place where we went last week
·when to talk about times: do you remember the time when we went out?
·whose to indicate possession: i met a boy whose sister knows you.
Agression-agressive, beauty-beautiful, colour-colourful, comfort-comfortable, competition-competitive, creation-creational, emotion-emotional, enjoyment-enjoyable, fashion- fashionable, nature-naturable, power-powerful, profession-professional.

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