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ADJECTIVE CLAUSE) IS A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE THAT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT A NOUN (SUBJECT OR OBJECT) IN THE MAIN CLAUSE.
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF RELATIVE CLAUSES: ESSENTIAL (also called RESTRICTIVE, IDENTIFYING, NECESSARY) and NONESSENTIAL (also called NONRESTRICTIVE, NONIDENTIFYING, OR UNNECESSARY.
ESSENTIAL CLAUSES ARE NEVER SET OFF BY COMMAS CLAUSES BEGINNING WITH THAT ARE ALWAYS ESSENTIAL.
In the first sentence, we learn some extra information about Mary, but it is not necessary. If we drop the clause, we get the main idea the speaker wanted to convey.
THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY OF YOUR TEACHER,
CAROL LAKOFF