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Essential and Nonessential Clauses

Essential and Nonessential Clauses. Mrs. Stinnett English II. Essential vs. Nonessential. If something is essential , what is it? Essential : required or necessary The suffix non- makes the word nonessential the opposite of essential. Nonessential : not required or necessary.

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Essential and Nonessential Clauses

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  1. Essential and Nonessential Clauses Mrs. Stinnett English II

  2. Essential vs. Nonessential • If something is essential, what is it? • Essential: required or necessary • The suffix non- makes the word nonessential the opposite of essential. • Nonessential: not required or necessary

  3. Essential Clause • Essential clause: the information in the clause is necessary to the understanding of the sentence • Thatcan be a signal word for essential information. • The garage that my uncle built is falling down. • The person checking tickets at the counter asked for a form of identification. • The woman who interviewed you is my sister .

  4. Nonessential Clause • Nonessential clause:Use commas before and after nonessential clauses that interrupt a sentence without changing the essential meaning. • Which is a signal word for nonessential clauses. • The novel, which I really enjoyed, deserves a second read. • My uncle, who is eighty years old, walks three miles every day.

  5. The Big Question • If you leave out the clause or put it somewhere else in the sentence, does the essential meaning of the sentence change? If so, the element is essential; if not, it is nonessential.

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