Asked by bob

Which sentence contains a nonrestrictive clause and is punctuated correctly?

The teacher packed picnic lunches for all the students—which they loved—and ate lunch outside with them at recess.
The teacher packed picnic lunches for all the students which they loved—and ate lunch outside with them at recess.
The teacher packed picnic lunches (for all the students) which they loved and ate lunch outside with them at recess.
The teacher packed picnic lunches for all the students which they loved and ate lunch outside with them (at recess).

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The first sentence.

"The teacher packed picnic lunches for all the students—which they loved—and ate lunch outside with them at recess."

Explanation: "which they loved" is a nonrestrictive clause (adds extra info) and is correctly set off by dashes. The other options fail to set off the nonrestrictive clause (or use awkward parentheses).