英文:請幫我看看我轉的relative clause是否正確

2. A man answered the phone. He told me that you were away.
The man who answered the phone told me that you were away.

重要信息是 “You were away”,不是 “answered the phone”.
who answered the phone ~ defining relative clause.

3. A lady is carrying a baby in her arm. The lady is Mary's mother.
The lady who is carrying a baby in her arm is Mary's mother.

(No comma after arm)
who is carrying a baby in her arm ~ defining relative clause.

4. A waiter served us. He was very rude and impatient.
The waiter who served us was very rude and impatient.

重要信息是 “The waiter was very rude and impatient”,不是 “A waiter served us”.
所以 main clause 應該是The waiter was very rude and impatient.
Which waiter was very rude and impatient? ~ the one who served us.
who served us ~ defining relative clause.

5. The cheese was in the fridge. It has special taste.
The cheese, which has special taste, was in the fridge.

(Two commas; one more comma after cheese)
Non-defining clause ~ adds extra information about the cheese.

7. I talked to a lady. The lady's daughter worked in HKU.
I talked to a lady whose daughter worked in HKU.

The verb "talk" must be in past tense. HKU should be in capital letter.

若原句中 subject 前有A, 加了defining relative clause, main clause 中的 subject 通常用 the, (definite article.)

Example 7, a lady 不用轉 the lady.

2012-05-16 03:32:55 補充：
Non-defining relative clause: (two commas)
Cars, which cause pollution, should be banned.
= All cars cause pollution and should be banned.

Defining relative clause:
Cars which cause pollution should be banned.
= Some cars cause pollution and should be banned.

1.A girl was injured in the accident.She is now in hospital.
The girl, who was injured in the accident, is now in hospital.

2.A man answered the phone.He told me that you were away.
The man, who answered the phone, told me that you were away.
應是"接電話的那個男人告訴我你不在", 不是"告訴我你不在的那個男人接電話"

3.A lady is carrying a baby in her arm.The lady is Mary's mother.
The lady, who is carrying a baby in her arm, is Mary's mother.

4.A waiter served us.He was very rude and impatient.
The waiter, who served us, was very rude and impatient.
是那waiter先served us, 才知道他very rude and impatient, 否則, 意思就變成是我們原本已知道那個waiter是very rude and impatient的, 然後看見他served us.

5.The cheese was in the fridge.It has special taste.
The cheese, which was in the fridge, has special taste.
has special taste是想表達的主觀感覺, in the fridge是客觀的描述, 用來指明在說的是那一塊cheese

6.We saw some people.Their car had broken down.
We saw the people whose car had broken down.

7.I talked to a lady.The lady's daughter worked in HKU.
I talked to the lady whose daughter worked in hku.

8.The girl has red hair.She is a mermaid.
The girl, who has red hair, is a mermaid.

"a" 要改成" the" 因為加入了說明, 就不再是"某一個"人/東西, 而是指明的"那一個"了

defining relative clause eg That's the man who won the prize.
the=definite article
no need to change to "a" the indefinite
hence definite about this=defining

non-defining relative clause eg Aaron, who came first, won the prize.
using "who" as adj cl.
a=indefinite article.
the adj clause is ,non-definite, which had two commas in brackets.

As you're testing the "non-defining" and "defining",all are correct except:-
(2)---had answered
(5)---which had special taste---
(7)I talked to------
(8)In defining relative cl. eg The girl who has red hair means adjective cl defining the girl.