Essential and Nonessential Clauses

Question 1

I think that my uncle who is a serial killer might kill my best friend Dave.

Accepted Answer

nonessential

Question 2

Oh! He was the guy that was a douche to me in the bar.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 3

Guillermo is the funny guy that is a highlight of the Jimmy Kimmel show.

Accepted Answer

It's a trick

Question 4

The page that Mr. Epstein photocopied had margins the size of elephants.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 5

Jerome's going to the place where his mother grew up.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 6

That is the jerk who punched me in the gut.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 7

They are the gang that killed my father.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 8

I cuddled with a crocodile living in the Caribbean.

Accepted Answer

It's a trick

Question 9

Charli's teddy bear Gary which has pink buttons for eyes was animated by a sorcerer.

Accepted Answer

nonessential

Question 10

Barack Obama who ate my shrimp at a restaurant somehow became the 44th President.

Accepted Answer

nonessential

Question 11

My boyfriend heavily drugged and in throbbing pain still declared his love for me.

Accepted Answer

It's a trick!

Question 12

Guillermo is the funny guy that is a highlight of the Jimmy Kimmel show.

Accepted Answer

nonessential

Question 13

William's Twix bar which dripped with tantalizing, melting caramel made Felicity drool.

Accepted Answer

nonessential

Question 14

He is the funny guy that is a highlight of the Jimmy Kimmel show.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 15

Some people that eat too many cheeseburgers end up obese.

Accepted Answer

essential

Question 16

The man whose shrimp I ate really hates me.

Accepted Answer

essential

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