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Definition of nonrestrictive adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

nonrestrictive

adjective

NAmE//ˌnɑnrɪˈstrɪktɪv//

(also nondefining) (grammar)

(of relative clauses) giving extra information about a noun phrase, inside commas in writing or in a particular intonation in speech. In‘My brother, who lives in Austin, is coming to Florida with us,’the part between the commas is a nonrestrictive relative clause. compare restrictive

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