nonrestrictive
/ˌnɑnrɪˈstrɪktɪv/
adjective
- Not limiting or confining; allowing freedom or flexibility.
- She prefers a nonrestrictive schedule that lets her work at her own pace.
- The new policy is nonrestrictive, giving families more choices for their children's education.
- The company has a nonrestrictive dress code, so employees can wear casual clothes.
- In grammar, describing a clause that adds extra information but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence and is usually set off by commas.
- A nonrestrictive clause can be removed without changing the basic meaning of the sentence.
- In the sentence 'My brother, who lives in Chicago, is a doctor,' the clause 'who lives in Chicago' is nonrestrictive.
- Writers often use commas to separate a nonrestrictive clause from the rest of the sentence.
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