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This tag is for questions about the "restrictivity" of adjectival and adverbial clauses (and occasionally some other clauses). If a clause is essential to or greatly affects the meaning of a sentence, then it is generally considered "restrictive" and not surrounded by paired punctuation. Other clauses are generally considered "nonrestrictive" and surrounded by paired punctuation (usually commas, parentheses, or dashes).

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