Bei Relativsätzen wird in der Regel kein Komma gesetzt. 1 In writing, we use commas around non-defining relative clauses: Etheridge, who is English-born with Irish parents, replaces Neil Francis, whose injury forced. 2 KEIN KOMMA bei einem defining relative clause! · THAT nur bei einem defining relative clause! · WHO nur bei. 3 Ein relative clause (Relativsatz) in Englisch ist ein Nebensatz, mit dem du eine Person, ein Tier oder einen Gegenstand näher beschreiben. 4 Defining relative clauses are also known as identifying relative clauses or restrictive relative clauses in English, and are used without a comma. The relative clause is necessary, because it defines something more precisely. Example: The boy who is wearing glasses is Tony. 5 We usually use a relative pronoun or adverb to start a defining relative clause: who, which, that, when, where or whose. who / that We can use who or that to talk about people. that is more common and a bit more informal. She's the woman who cuts my hair. He's the man that I met at the conference. which / that. 6 Defining relative clauses: 1: The relative pronoun is the subject: First, let's consider when the relative pronoun is the subject of a defining relative clause. We can use 'who', 'which' or 'that'. We use 'who' for people and 'which' for things. We can use 'that' for people or things. 7 "But the other girls seem less motivated."] must have zero commas to set off / identify a restrictive (which girls are enthusiastic? those who serve in the restaurant.) relative clause. But “Those girls, who serve in the restaurant, are very enthusiastic.” uses a non-restrictive relative clause. This needs a comma at each end. 8 Sometimes you may not want to use commas for very short relative clauses, just because cutting a sentence into many short segments may not be aesthetically pleasing. What's more, in many cases the necessity of the information in the relative clause may be quite ambiguous. 9 Defining relative clauses (also called identifying relative clauses or restrictive relative clauses) give detailed information defining a general term or expression. Defining relative clauses are not put in commas. Imagine, Tom is in a room with five girls. One girl is talking to Tom and you ask somebody whether he knows this girl. defining relative clauses übungen 10