restrictive/non-restrictive

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Re: restrictive/non-restrictive

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Strictly speaking, 'yes' to both.

In practice, however, the comma is generally omitted even nonrestrictively in the case of such simple, short prepositional phrases, especially where it is expected that the addressee's knowledge or common sense is likely to preclude any serious ambiguity.
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