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Definition of Nonrestrictive
1. Adjective. Not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase. "The nonrestrictive clause in `I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,' refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them"
Definition of Nonrestrictive
1. Adjective. not restrictive; not imposing restrictions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonrestrictive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonrestrictive
Literary usage of Nonrestrictive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"nonrestrictive elements may also be known as appositives, asides, parentheticals,
or adjectives out of order (Noden 1999). Student Error Behind the Error ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1986) (along with many handbooks) are at some pains to distinguish restrictive
and nonrestrictive appositives for purposes of punctuation and they connect ..."
3. The Study and Practice of Writing English by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1914)
"The use of the comma with nonrestrictive phrases and clauses A ... Since it is
merely parenthetic in character, a nonrestrictive phrase or clause can be ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"A nonrestrictive relative clause is one without which the principal clause would
have the same meaning.1' (I have quoted Edwin C. Woolery, "The Mechanics of ..."
5. Composition and Rhetoric by William M. Tanner (1922)
"Such a parenthetical clause is called nonrestrictive or unrestrictive. Observe that
a restrictive clause requires no punctuation, whereas a nonrestrictive ..."
6. A Second Book of Composition for High Schools by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney (1919)
"Can you express any of the clauses by restrictive or nonrestrictive phrases ?
... Write these sentences to make the clauses nonrestrictive. 1. ..."
7. ...English Composition; a Manual for Use in Philippine Public Schools by Philippines Bureau of Education (1916)
"(nonrestrictive.) Do you know the boy sitting nearest the window? ... (nonrestrictive.)
The boy that stole the loaf tried to conceal it in his desk. ..."
8. Natural Method in English: A Complete Grammar by Goodloe Harper Bell, Warren Eugene Howell (1915)
"Such a phrase is called nonrestrictive. 80. When a participial phrase is
nonrestrictive, it should be set off by the comma. When a participial phrase is ..."
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