Nonrestrictive relative clause

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A nonrestrictive relative clause is a relative clause that accompanies but does not restrict the meaning of the head noun.

Example

My brother, who is an engineer, is visiting us tomorrow.

Synonym

appositive relative clause

Other languages

German nichtrestriktiver Relativsatz

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