Question

Choose whether the following is true or false-
The underlined clause is non-defining. Mandira Bedi, who is my friend's aunt, is a very talented person.
a) True
b) False

Answer 1

Hint: Non-defining relative clauses are composed of a relative pronoun, a verb, and optional other elements, such as the subject or object of the verb. It gives us more information about who or what we are speaking about.

Complete answer:
An adjective clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb, and it functions as an adjective that modifies a noun or a pronoun. Adjective clauses usually begin with relative pronouns such as who, whom, whose or a relative adverb like when, where, and so on.
A defining adjective clause gives essential information about the noun/pronoun that it modifies, without which the meaning of the sentence is incomplete.
A non-defining adjective clause merely gives extra information about the noun/pronoun which isn't important to the sentence. Also, non-defining adjective clauses are separated by commas from the rest of the sentence.
The given sentence has a non-defining adjective clause: 'who is my friend's aunt' does not add essential information about the noun, 'Mandira Bedi'. The statement is True. Hence, option ‘a’ is the correct option.

Note:
Commas or parentheses are always used to separate non-defining relative clauses from the rest of the sentence. There are two types of clauses – Defining and non-defining clauses. The defining one identifies who or what we are speaking about.