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Which clauses in these sentences are restrictive?

a) The girl with the golden hair is the one we are looking for.
b) The dog that ate my homework is called Henry.
c) I’m saving the muffins that have cherries for my sister.
d) The smile that she gave them was beautiful.

User Joe Higley
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A restrictive clause is an adjective and identifies the word it modifies.

a) "with the golden hair"
b) "that ate my homework"
c) "that have cherries"
d) "that she gave"
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