Question
Read the sentence.
Michael Jordan, the basketball player, won six championships for the Chicago Bulls.
The commas are used correctly in the sentence because the underlined element is
an independent clause.
a nonrestrictive phrase.
a restrictive phrase.
a dependent clause.
Michael Jordan, the basketball player, won six championships for the Chicago Bulls.
The commas are used correctly in the sentence because the underlined element is
an independent clause.
a nonrestrictive phrase.
a restrictive phrase.
a dependent clause.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is **a nonrestrictive phrase**.
In the sentence, "the basketball player" provides additional information about Michael Jordan but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. The commas indicate that this information can be removed without altering the main point, which is that Michael Jordan won six championships for the Chicago Bulls.
In the sentence, "the basketball player" provides additional information about Michael Jordan but is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. The commas indicate that this information can be removed without altering the main point, which is that Michael Jordan won six championships for the Chicago Bulls.