Question

(1) yo - yo ma who was born in paris is a chinese american cellist. (2) he was a prodigy and started performing violin and piano pieces at the age of four. (3) he attended two of the best schools in the usa: julliard and harvard. (4) the cello he plays was built in 1733. (5) he calls his cello \petunia.\ (6) he is an amazing soloist, and has recorded over 90 albums. which sentence contains an error in the use of a nonrestrictive clause? which revision would correct this error? yo - yo ma, who was born in paris,

Explanation:

A non - restrictive clause provides additional, non - essential information about a noun. It should be set off by commas. In the original sentence "Yo - Yo Ma who was born in Paris is a Chinese American cellist", the clause "who was born in Paris" is non - restrictive but not set off by commas. The correct form is to put commas before and after the non - restrictive clause "who was born in Paris" as in "Yo - Yo Ma, who was born in Paris,".

Answer:

The revision "Yo - Yo Ma, who was born in Paris," would correct the error in the use of the nonrestrictive clause by properly setting off the non - restrictive clause with commas.