When choosing a topic for your writing project, you should consider a. your assignment, because the length of your paper will affect how broad or narrow your topic is. b. the topics others in your class are writing about so that your project will be original. c. how many different entries turn up in an online search. d. the course description of your class, because this will indicate your instructor's preference.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."