This tag is for questions about the "restrictivity" of adjectival and adverbial clauses (and occasionally some other clauses). If a clause is essential to or greatly affects the meaning of a sentence, then it is generally considered "restrictive" and not surrounded by paired punctuation. Other clauses are generally considered "nonrestrictive" and surrounded by paired punctuation (usually commas, parentheses, or dashes).
Questions tagged [restrictive-clauses]
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Why is it not correct to write, "The boy, who has a limp, was in an auto accident"?
1.The boy who has a limp was in an auto accident.
We do not know which boy is meant without further description; therefore, no commas are used.
2.The man, knowing it was late, hurried home.
We used comma as the phrase/clause knowing it was late is…
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Why is "which" applicable here?
The sentence is below (standalone sentence, no context)
Bears often hide themselves in places ____ hunters can't find.
My teacher said the answer was "that/which". I feel totally OK with that, but am confused about why which is also applicable…
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Double restrictive clause
I want to say this following sentence.
The decisions in making a project plan that are affected by variable X
are presented in Table 4.1
However, the grammarly, a grammar software, says that my sentence should be
The decisions in making a…
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Should it be non-restrictive?
I posted something related to this, but I doubt something is strange. I understand sentences like 'red juice turned blue' can be true, but I think, when it comes to a stative verb, 'red juice was blue' is a nonsense other than 'juice, which is red,…
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Applying restrictive clause to compound nouns
A renown foreign bakery and a locally owned bakery, which HAS won awards for its croissants, HAVE seen a significant decrease in the revenue since the biggest employer in the area shut down.
How do I rewrite the sentence so that the phrase "which…
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Does a restrictive word phrase or clause always limit the meaning of the word just before it?
Non-restrictive
(of a relative clause or descriptive phrase) giving additional
information about a noun phrase whose particular reference has already
been specified.
I read that a restrictive word phrase or clause "limits" meaning, because it…
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Is it a restrictive clause and, if so, why?
"We live in a submarine(,) which is painted yellow."
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