Restrictive and nonrestrictive adjective clauses

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Restrictive and nonrestrictive adjective clauses

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Definition a. A restrictive adjective clause is one that is necessary to identify the noun that is modifies. b. A restrictive clause provides "essential" or identifying" information and does not require commas.

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RESTRICTIVE AND NONRESTRICTIVE ADJECTIVE CLAUSES 1. Definition 1. Definition a. A restrictive adjective clause is a. A nonrestrictive clause is one that one that is is not necessary to identify the noun that necessary to identify the noun that it modifies. it modifies. b. A restrictive clause provides b. A nonrestrictive clause provides “essential” or “identifying” additional, but “nonessential” information and does not information and requires the use of commas. require commas. 2. Examples 2. Examples a. Professor Hach, who teaches English The professor who/that teaches a. 1101, is an excellent professor. English 1101 is an excellent teacher. Sally Ride, whom you met at my b. ø you met at my party, is a The woman whom/that/ b. former astronaut. party is a former astronaut. The Miami Herald, which is on the c. The newspaper which/that is on the c. table, has table has an interesting article on polar an interesting article on polar bears. bears. Dateline, which I watched last d. ø I The television show which/that/ d. night, was watched informative. last night was informative. 3. Explanation 3. Explanation a. The adjective clauses in these a. The adjectives clauses in these examples are examples are essential in order to not necessary to identify the nouns identify which professor, that they which woman, which newspaper, or modify. We know which professor, which woman, television show is meant. newspaper and TV show because they have been identified by name, Notice that restrictive (essential) so the information b. provided in the adjective clause is clauses can be introduced with that, who, whom, additional or nonessential. or Leslie Biaggi, 2003 MiamiDade College Document downloaded from the “For the Classroom” area of The Grammar Exchange website, www.longman.com/grammarexchange. Pearson Education.
which and that the object pronoun b. Nonrestrictive (nonessential) clauses cannot can be be introduced with that, and the eliminated (ø) in examples b and d. pronoun object cannot be eliminated. Leslie Biaggi, 2003 MiamiDade College Document downloaded from the “For the Classroom” area of The Grammar Exchange website, www.longman.com/grammarexchange. Pearson Education.

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