@InsertANameHere not quite sure because it seems like I can only omit it when the relative clause is used after a subject. For example, the car (that) my brother bought me is nice.

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InsertANameHere

26 January

English (US)

@jaywcl001 If you're just going to insist that two native speakers who have answered you don't know what they're talking about, then why even waste our time?

This is an honest question. You asked if you were allowed to omit it, you've been told "yes", and now you insist that's not actually true.

English speakers wouldn't say "I'm looking for a man who is called John". They would say "I'm looking for a man called John". They wouldn't say "I heard he's at a place which is called John's Bakery". They say "I heard he's at a place called John's Bakery".

For the record, you can also omit "that" when saying something like "I like the car (that) my brother got for me". You would not be able to omit "that" in a sentence like "This is the machine that broke down."

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jaywcl001

27 January

Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)

@InsertANameHere calm down, I am not wasting anyone ‘s time. I did some research and now I understand that those can be omitted. You know sometimes you have to figure out something on your own as people may not know what you don’t understand. Calm down pleae

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27 January

Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)

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1.Have you ever heard the city (which is)called New York?

Is this grammatically correct? As I am using the relative clause here, can I omit “which is “?

2. A: can you come over tomorrow morning ?
B: yes, I can come over/go over tomorrow morning.

Should I rephrase “come over” to “ go over”?

1. Yes you need to omit which is2. Both a and b should be come over

@Krystal_Lay He doesn't *need* to omit "which is" - it would be grammatically correct to keep "which is" in that context, just like it would be to drop it.

@InsertANameHere true he doesn’t need to omit it but I’m just speaking from my own experiences. I’ve lived in a country where English is the main spoken language for all of my life and I’ve almost always seen “which is” omitted that’s why. But yes I know what you mean.

@Krystal_Lay He asked if it was grammatically correct. Saying he *has* to omit "which is" is potentially misleading to someone trying to learn grammar. It's like saying that you *have* to omit "that" in "The man (that) I was talking about".

@jaywcl001 I'm trying to explain that it *would* be grammatically correct to omit "which is" in that context. Whoever told you that you can't omit "which is" in that context is wrong - it's rare to include it in such a context.

1. Yes you need to omit which is
2. Both a and b should be come over

@Krystal_Lay He doesn't need to omit "which is" - it would be grammatically correct to keep "which is" in that context, just like it would be to drop it.

@Krystal_Lay He asked if it was grammatically correct. Saying he has to omit "which is" is potentially misleading to someone trying to learn grammar. It's like saying that you have to omit "that" in "The man (that) I was talking about".

@jaywcl001 I'm trying to explain that it would be grammatically correct to omit "which is" in that context. Whoever told you that you can't omit "which is" in that context is wrong - it's rare to include it in such a context.