Asked by junior

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.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a nonrestrictive phrase.

"The basketball player" is an appositive that adds extra information about Michael Jordan and is not essential to identify him, so it is set off with commas.