| 单词 | nonrestrictive clause |
| 释义 | nonrestrictive clause in American Englishnoun Grammar a relative clause that describes or supplements but is not essential in establishing the identity of the antecedent and is usually set off by commas in English. In This year, which has been dry, is bad for crops the clause which has been dry is a nonrestrictive clause Also called: descriptive clause Compare restrictive clause Word origin [1925–30]English Easy Learning GrammarRelative clausesRelative clauses tell us more about nouns. They function rather like adjectives, andare found as postmodifiers in a noun phrase. The noun that is modified ... Read more |
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