TSA Writing Skills Assessment | with COMPLETE SOLUTION

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A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is necessary to identify specifically what is being described. - ✔✔restrictive A ____________________ phrase or clause provides inform... ation that is incidental to the meaning of the sentence. - ✔✔nonrestrictive _______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. - ✔✔restrictive ________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. - ✔✔nonrestrictive Restrictive or Nonrestrictive The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large. - ✔✔restrictive The sentence is written about a man who built several blue houses but only one on a hill. Therefore, the phrase that he built on a hill is essential for knowing which blue house is being referred to. The phrase is therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. Restrictive or Nonrestrictive The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large. - ✔✔nonrestrictive This example is written about a man who built only one blue house, and it happens to be on a hill. Therefore, which he built on a hill is not essential for knowing which house is being referred to. The phrase is therefore nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. [Show More]

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