NONRESTRICTIVE ATTRIBUTES (descriptive)

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RESTRICTIVE ATTRIBUTES (limiting, particularizing)

For camp we needed clothes that were washable (ONLY those).

· · limit the meaning of the modified word

· · are not separated by commas

· · cannot be omitted without change in meaning

· · the modified noun often takes THE-article

We also needed hiking shoes, which were expensive (not ONLY those).

· · provide additional, often marginal information

· · are separated by commas à similar to parenthetical elements

· · can be omitted without considerable change in meaning

· · do not influence the choice of articles

Exercise 9.2. Say whether the attributes are limiting or descriptive and supply articles:

1. 1. "(...) injured man does not understand our language", he said and walked off to find (...) English doctor.

2. 2. (...) number 39 was (...) house with (...) plain green grass bordered by a fence.

3. 3. He politely avoided all invitations from (...) professional acquaintances.

4. 4. (...) three thin cracked notes of the gong floated into the garden inviting us to dinner.

5. 5. She said good-bye to me and started at a great pace up (...) chalky footpath.

6. 6. I think that that is (...) wrong point of view.

7. 7. To (...) little girl he was (...) figure to be feared and avoided.

8. 8. I took (...) opportunity of talking with my father for a moment.

9. 9. She felt, as usual, confident that she had done (...) right thing and that this was (...) onlyconceivable course for me.

10. 10. My mother was capable but preoccupied, my father took it for granted that she was (...) stronger character and never made more than (...) comic pretense of interfering at home.

11. 11. He shook his head and said: "Well, I suppose (...) young men must have their fling."

12. 12. I couldn't explain to myself (...) stunned look in her face.

13. 13. His church does not allow him (...) second wife.

14. 14. Then he told me in (...) trembling voice what had happened.

15. 15. He said he would give me the job on (...) usual terms.

16. 16. That's (...) poem I learnt in the nursery, but I simply can't remember how it goes on.

17. 17. He often had (...) feeling that he did not know her fully, that she was a stranger.

18. 18. He had made (...) mistake which caused him to feel inept.

19. 19. Mr Knight would not speak to me for (...) simple reason that he felt hurt.

20. 20. I dislike (...) people who talk about their private lives.

21. 21. He said: "I'm sorry I had to be late," and sat in (...) armchair which had been preserved for him.

22. 22. She was wearing (...) fur coat which made her look a matron.