NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE


Meaning of NONRESTRICTIVE CLAUSE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1916

: a descriptive clause that is not essential to the definiteness of the meaning of the word it modifies (as who is retired in “ my father, who is retired, does volunteer work ” )

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