In the sentence, "The shoes on the top shelf are mine," the words "on the top shelf" form...

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a restrictive phrase.
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a restrictive clause.
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a nonrestrictive phrase.
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a nonrestrictive clause.

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In the sentence, "The shoes on the top shelf are mine," the words "on the top shelf" form a restrictive phrase.

This is because the phrase specifies which shoes are being referred to (the ones on the top shelf). Without this phrase, the sentence would lose important information about which shoes are meant.