Question

Which sentence includes a nonrestrictive clause that is punctuated correctly? We ate pistachio ice cream—which is my favorite and played laser tag. We ate pistachio ice cream which is my favorite, and played laser tag. We ate pistachio ice cream—which is my favorite—and played laser tag. We ate pistachio ice cream (which is my favorite and played laser tag).

Answer 1

The correct answer is the third option "we ate pistachio ice cream-which is my favorite-and played laser tag".

While a RESTRICTIVE clause adds essential information about the noun it modifies, the NON-RESTRICTIVE clause is also called "non-essential clause" because it could be removed without affecting the information. In this case, if we remove "which is my favorite" the main message of the sentence remains untouched.

Answer 2

Its C, We ate pistachio ice cream—which is my favorite—and played laser tag.