Relative pronouns

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Test No. incompl/elem-9 "Relative Pronouns", question 10

The grass, ......... I cut every week, seems to grow very quickly.

(a) who
(b) who's
(c) which

Test No. incompl/elem-9 "Relative Pronouns", answer 10

The grass, which I cut every week, seems to grow very quickly.

Correct answer: (c) which

Your answer was: correct
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is anybody there? can somebody explain to me relative pronouns pleasee!?

Bingo Dere

[Torsten]

Hi,

Yes we are here. For more information relative pronouns, please read these explanations and stories by Alan Townend:

Grammar Lesson: Relative Pronoun
http://www.english-test.net/lessons/21/index.html
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Defining and non-defining relative clauses
Compare:
«George, who lives next door, always watches television.»
«The couple who live next door always watch television.»

Hello, could you, please, explain me the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses? I have read Alan's lesson about this subject, but somehow I still can not understand it. In the given examples which one is a defining relative clause?

Sentence Relative
Compare:
«He showed me a photo that upset me.»
«He tore up the photo, which upset me.»

I don't understand this example from the lesson as well. I suspect it has something to do with defining and non-defining relative clauses. Why do we use that after a photo and which after the foto?