The document discusses defining and non-defining relative clauses. It defines relative clauses as clauses that provide additional information about a person, thing, or place mentioned. It then explains that defining relative clauses give essential information to identify the person or thing being referred to, while non-defining clauses provide extra information and are separated by commas. Various relative pronouns like who, whom, which, whose, where and when are also explained in terms of their usage in defining and non-defining relative clauses.