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"non-restrictive clause"
Keywords:
clause
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sentence
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ran
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crucial
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dairy
Related Terms:
Adjective clause
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Subordinate clause
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Subordinating conjunction
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Adverb clause
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Dependent clause
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Conditional clause
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Complex sentence
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Main clause
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Relative clause
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Subordinate
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Clause
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Conjunctive adverb
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Noun clause
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Independent clause
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Relative pronoun
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Simple sentence
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Asyndeton
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Compound sentence
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Antecedent
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Horn clause
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Protasis
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Dangling modifier
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Anaphor
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Conjunction
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Pronoun
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Adjective
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Appositive
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Misplaced modifier
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Preposition
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Personal pronoun
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Adjective phrase
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Adverbial
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Anadiplosis
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Verb phrase
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Sentence fragment
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Adverb
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Inflection
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Compound-complex sentence
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Periodic sentence
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Head
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Particle
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Substantive
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Proper adjective
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Modifier
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Apposition
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Noun phrase
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Clitic
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Nominal
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Agreement
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Case
a clause that does not "restrict" the noun phrase that it modifies
cs.buffalo.edu
a clause that doesn't restrict the sentence's meaning -- it can be dropped without changing the meaning
aucegypt.edu
a dependent clause that provides information that is not essential to the meaning
blog.monkeymask.net
an adjective clause (a clause beginning with who, whom, which or that ) that is not necessary to the meaning of a sentence
academic.gallaudet.edu
A clause that adds to our knowledge of whatever it is it modifies but without being crucial to its identification; the opposite of restrictive clause. The children, who loved ice cream, ran to the Dairy Queen.
web.uvic.ca
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