non-essential relative clause

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• relative clauses — 1. A relative clause is a clause that is connected to a main clause by means of a relative pronoun such as who, which, whose, or that. In the preceding sentence, the part from that to the end is a relative clause with the word clause as its… …   Modern English usage

• Non-restrictive clause — A non restrictive clause is a clause in which the noun phrase (NP) that is used to avoid repetition (as the referent of an anaphor, meaning that it is substituted by another word, but refers to the same noun) is determined by its antecedent where …   Wikipedia

• Dependent clause — In linguistics, a dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause) is a clause that augments an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence. Dependent clauses modify the independent clause of …   Wikipedia

• nonrestrictive — non•re•stric•tive [[t]ˌnɒn rɪˈstrɪk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) not restrictive 2) gram. pertaining to a word, phrase, or clause that describes or supplements a modified element but is not essential in establishing its identity, as the relative clause which …   From formal English to slang

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• Restrictiveness — Restrictive clause redirects here. For the legal concept, see restrictive covenant. In semantics, a modifier is said to be restrictive (or defining) if it restricts the reference of its head. For example, in the red car is fancier than the blue… …   Wikipedia

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