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Read the sentence.

The canyon, formed by years of erosion, was a breathtaking sight to behold.

What best describes the underlined part of this sentence?

restrictive phrase
nonrestrictive phrase
restrictive clause
nonrestrictive clause

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B) nonrestrictive phrase
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The option that best describes the underlined part of this sentence is D: "nonrestrictive clause".

A non restrictive clause modifies or describes a noun in the sentence, but in a nonessential way to the meaning of the it. In this particular case, the canyon being formed by erosion doesn´t change the sense that it was a breathtaking sight to behold.

On the other hand, restrictive clauses limit or identify the nouns it describes and cannot be removed from a sentence without changing the sentence’s meaning.

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