restrictive relative clause

English

Noun
Examples
  • That's the man who stole my wallet.
  • A palindrome is a word that reads the same backwards as forwards.

restrictive relative clause (plural restrictive relative clauses)

  1. (grammar) A relative clause that provides information essential to describing or identifying the person or thing that is meant, contrasted with non-restrictive relative clause.
    Synonym: defining relative clause
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