Restrictive or non-restrictive relative clause
Granted, song lyrics sometimes defy grammar, but I still like to know if these relative clauses should be construed as restrictive or non-restrictive:
These are part of the lyrics of a Disney animation song "How Far I'll Go":
...
Every path I make
Every road leads back to the place I know
Where I cannot go
Where I long to be
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The boldfaced clauses are all relative clauses. The first one I consider restrictive.
Which do you consider the second and third ones?
That is, if the last three lines were to be written in a single line, which is more correct?
Every road leads back to the place I know where I cannot go where I long to be [restrictive]
Every road leads back to the place I know, where I cannot go, where I long to be [non-restrictive]
Top answer
They are all defining (restrictive) on the noun "place". Every road leads back to the place. ) Every road leads back to the place I know.
- They are all defining (restrictive) on the noun "place".
- Every road leads back to the place.
- ) Every road leads back to the place I know.
- Every road leads back to the place where I cannot go.
- Every road leads back to the place where I long to be.
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They are all defining (restrictive) on the noun "place".
Every road leads back to the place. (incomplete.)
Every road leads back to the place I know.
Every road leads back to the place where I cannot go.
Every road leads back to the place where I long to be.
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