Pengertian Non-Defining Clause
Non-defining atau non-restrictive clause adalah relative clause yang membawa informasi non-essential (tidak penting atau tambahan) sehingga dapat dihilangkan karena pembaca akan tetap dapat memahami maksud penulis.
- who
- whom
- whose
- which
- whose
Non-defining clause menerangkan subjek:
Subject, non-defining clause, + verb +/- object +/- modifier |
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Non-defining clause menerangkan object / subject complement:
Subject + verb + object / subject complement, non-defining clause |
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Contoh Kalimat Non-Defining Clause
The table, which was made of marble, has been repaired.
(Meja itu, yang terbuat dari marmer, telah diperbaiki.)
“Which was made of marble” merupakan non-defining clause yang dapat dihilangkan karena hanya sekedar tambahan informasi berupa deskripsi dari table. Penulis sekedar ingin menyampaikan, “Omong-omong, mejanya terbuat dari marmer”. Dengan demikian, jika informasi tambahan yang diapit koma tersebut dihilangkan, pembaca tetap dapat memahami maksud penulis.
Bandingkan dengan defining clause:
The table which was made of marble has been repaired.
“Which was made of marble” merupakan defining clause yang tidak dapat dihilangkan.
Karena jika dihilangkan, kalimat menjadi “The table has been repaired” padahal maksud penulis “hanya meja yang terbuat dari marmer, bukan yang lain”. Dengan demikian pembaca menjadi tidak memahami meja yang dimaksud karena informasi pentingnya dihilangkan.
Fungsi Relative Pronoun pada Non-defining Clause
Fungsi | Relative Pronoun | Contoh Non-Defining Clause |
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subject | who, which | which is painted in broken white (yang dicat broken white) |
object | whom, which, who | whom I want to buy (yang aku ingin beli) |
possessive | whose | whose car is antique (yang mobilnya antik) |
Lihat juga:

Contoh Non-Defining Clause pada Berbagai Relative Pronoun
Pada informal English, ketika berfungsi sebagai object, relative pronoun dapat dihilangkan (optional), namun tidak pada formal English. Berikut beberapa contoh complex sentence yang mengandung non-defining clause.
- The woman, who is very beautiful, is my teacher.
(Wanita yang sangat cantik tsb adalah guruku.) subject of verb “is” - The manager, who always comes on time, has worked for almost 10 years.
Manager yang selalu datang terpat waktu tsb telah bekerja hampir 10 tahun.) subject of verb “comes” - Mr. Abraham, who I admire so much, was my headmaster. [Informal written English, spoken; formal: whom]
(Mr. Abraham, yang sangat aku kagumi, dulunya adalah kepala sekolahku.) object of verb “admire” - Mr. Abraham, whom I admire so much, was my headmaster. object of verb “admire”
- The mansion, whose owner is going on holiday, has burned down.
(Rumah besar yang pemiliknya sedang pergi berlibur telah terbakar.) possessive - The sport car, which I want to buy, will be discontinued this year.
(Mobil sport yang aku ingin beli, akan dihentikan produksinya tahun ini.) subject of the verb “buy” - The biography book, which is very thick, has been sold about 10,000 copies.
(Buku biografi yang sangat tebal tsb telah terjual sekitar 10.000 eksemplar.) object of verb “is”
Soal Adjective Clause
Soal Relative Pronoun
Related Posts:
- Reduced Adjective Clause: Penjelasan dan Contoh
- Indefinite Relative Pronoun: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
- Defining/Restrictive Relative Clause: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat
- Soal Relative Clause (Adjective Clause)
- Relative Clause: Preposition di Depan Relative Pronoun?
- Soal Relative Pronoun
- Mengubah Adjective Clause menjadi Appositive
- Who / Whom (Relative Pronoun)
- Relative Pronoun
- Which / That (Relative Pronoun)
References:
- Defining Clauses. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/01/. Accessed on November 6, 2012.
- Relative Pronouns in Non-Defining Clauses. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/645/02/. Accessed on November 6, 2012.
- Relative Clauses. http://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/grammar/relativeclauses03.html. Accessed on November 6, 2012.
- Which versus That. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/notorious/that.htm. Accessed on November 6, 2012.
- Which versus That. http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/which.htm. Accessed on November 6, 2012.
- Relative Pronouns. http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-relative.htm. Accessed on November 1, 2012.