RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE


Meaning of RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE in English

Gram.

a relative clause that identifies the antecedent and that is usually not set off by commas in English. In The year that just ended was bad for crops, the clause that just ended is a restrictive clause. Cf. nonrestrictive clause .

[ 1900-05 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .