·限制性定语从句对先行词起限制确定作用。如果没有它,主句的意思就不完整,这种定语从句和主句的关系十分密切,不可用逗号隔开,在口语中前后没有停顿。
He is the man whose father died last week.
That is the reason why I didn’t open the
door.
·非限制性定语从句与主句的关系不十分密切,只是对先行词起描述或补充说明的作用,省略后也不影响全句的意思,非限制性定语从句可以修饰名词、代词、短语、主句的一部分或全句,它和主句之间常用逗号隔开,朗读时前后有停顿。
I live in Beijing where my parents worked ten years
ago.
His sister, who works in WuHan, is coming to see him tomorrow.