Question

Change this sentence to correctly include a restrictive phrase.

1. Everyone crowded around the ball player, the pitcher, who hit the winning run.
2. Everyone crowded around the ball player who hit the winning run. 3. Everyone crowded around the pitcher because he hit the winning run. 4. Because he hit the winning run, everyone crowded around the pitcher. Everyone crowded around the pitcher, the ball player who hit the winning run.

Answer 1

I think its 3. Everyone crowded around the pitcher because he hit the winning run.

A restrictive phrase is essential and doesn't need commas and the meaning of the sentence would change if the clause were deleted

Answer 2

thankyou

Answer 3

Choose the sentence in which the non-restrictive phrase appears in bold.
Mattie, whom I've known since preschool, is the only person I know at my new school. My friend Mattie is the only person I know at my new school. Mattie is my oldest friend and the only person I know at my new school. The only person I know at my new school is Mattie—my oldest friend.

Answer 4

Mattie, whom I've known since preschool, is the only person I know at my new school.