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Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses: How a Single Comma Changes the Meaning
Whether or not you include a comma in the same sentence can completely change its meaning. This article uses everyday examples to help you understand non-restrictive relative clauses: when to add a comma for additional information, why you cannot use that, and which clauses will cause issues if removed. By comparing them side-by-side with restrictive clauses, you'll master the key to telling them apart once and for all.
An Introduction to Relative Clauses: Combining Two Sentences into One with who, which, and that
Want to combine "That person is my brother" and "That person called" into a single sentence, but getting stuck because you don't know whether to use who or which? This article uses the trick of "first identifying which noun is being described" to help you master who, which, that, where, and whose, turning short sentences into natural, fluent long ones.