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NOUN+ TO DO (STH)
o have the ability/ confidence/ courage to do (sth)
ADJECTIVE+ TO DO STH
o be right/wrong to do sth, be lucky/fortunate to do sth,
be happy to do sth (=willing to do sth)
o Im happy to pick Jamie up if youre busy
ADJECTIVE+GERUND
o be used to doing sth, be busy doing sth, be worth doing
sth
o The vineyards are well worth visiting
Who and which are used to refer back something from the first part
of a sentence
Who refers to people and which to things, places or organisations
o Do you know the guy who lives next door?
o I work for an organisation which helps homeless people find
work
What is used to refer something unknown
o Do you know whats in the box?
A defining relative clause defines exactly who or what you are talking
about. Who or which can be replaced by that or sometimes dropped
altogether
o Thats the man who I saw running away from the accident
o Thats the man (that) I saw running away from the accident
A non-defining relative clause, separated by commas, gives extra
information
o Our apartment, which faces east, gets the sun in the morning
Which cant be dropped or replaced by that, as it would then become
a defining relative clause
o Our house that faces east gets the sun in the morning (we have
several houses and this one face east)