- non-restrictive
- adj.Non-restrictive is used with these nouns: ↑clause
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non-restrictive — non re strictive adj technical a non restrictive ↑relative clause gives additional information about a particular person or thing rather than saying which person or thing is being mentioned. For example, in the sentence Perry, who is 22, was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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