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Which Sentence Contains a Restrictive Relative Clause

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The ball was red. This example with commas contains a non-restrictive relative clause. Pin On Teacher Stuff The ball belongs to Alice. . A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A compound-complex sentence contains two independent clauses and two or more dependent clauses. An independent or main clause can stand alone as a sentence. This means the clause is non-restrictive. In the second sentence because there are many many bands we need to use that to specify the one were talking about making it a restrictive clause. A dependent clause will make sense only when attached to an independent clause. It refers to a specific builder and assumes we know which. A dependent clause cannot be a. Although he still has his old one. It has a subject and a verb and conveys a complete thought. If the sentences meaning does not change...