NON-RESTRICTIVE


Meaning of NON-RESTRICTIVE in English

adjective

( grammar ) ( of relative clauses ) giving extra information about a noun phrase, inside commas in writing or in a particular intonation in speech. In 'My brother, who lives in France, is coming to Rome with us', the part between the commas is a non-restrictive relative clause.

—compare restrictive

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