RELATIVE SENTENCESDefining (Especificativas) Non-defining (Explicativas

personas

This is the woman who/that wrote the song

This is the woman (who/whom/that) I asked

The band, who are starting a tour next week, have just released their third albumMichael, who/whom I saw yesterday, doesn’t look very healthy lately

cosas

The building which/that is falling down is the Celtic old church

The song (which/that) I like most is Purple Rain by Prince

Punk music, which first appeared in the , is becoming fashionable again.

The last Harry Potter book , which I have already read twice, is my favourite

momentoIt will be in the 3rd millennium (when/that) cancer will be cured

In 1958, when my parents got married, life was different

lugarThe department store (where) the terrorist bomb exploded is totally ruined

The Everest, where this photo was taken, is the nicest landscape in the world

posesiónThat’s the band whose leader was arrested. Antonio Banderas, whose name is well-known in , is my

favourite actor

antecendente omitido

I didn’t hear what you saidI didn’t hear the things (that) you said

Cuando el relativo va acompañado de una preposición lo más frecuente es poner la preposición al final de la oración de relativo y omitir el relativo.

This is the hotel in which we stayed (formal) This is the hotel (which/where) we stayed in

The person to whom I talked was very friendly (formal) The person (whom) I talked to was very friendly

That is the song about which we told you (formal) That is the song (which/that) we told you about

1. EN LAS ORACIONES ESPECIFICATIVAS SI EL PRONOMBRE NO HACE FUNCIÓN DE SUJETO ESTE SE PUEDE OMITIR.

EJEMPLO: THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO/THAT WROTE THE SONG SUJETOTHIS IS THE WOMAN (WHO/WHOM/THAT) I ASKED COMPLEMENTO

2.En las oraciones especificativas con pronombre relativo whose nunca se puede omitir pues junto con el sustantivo al que acompaña hace función de sujeto la oración subordinada.

That’s the band whose leader was arrestedsujeto

3. En las oraciones explicativas no se usa el relativo that y no se practica nunca la omisión.

Michael, who/whom I saw yesterday, doesn’t look very healthy lately