Explain why the phrase in this sentence is nonrestrictive, or nonessential to the sentence:

My youngest brother, Julian, is already taller than I am.

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Explain why the phrase in this sentence is nonrestrictive, or nonessential to the sentence:

My youngest brother, Julian, is already taller than I am.

Satellite74 · Answer

Is there a phrase that's highlighted or bolded? 
I'm not sure where the phrase in the sentence the question is asking is.

Satellite74 · Answer

But meanwhile, we can understand the term non-restrictive means that there is simply added information that doesn't need to be there. There's a phrase in the sentence that isn't necessarily needed to make the sentence still work as it should.