Read the sentence. The canyon, formed by years of erosion, was a breathtaking sight to behold. What best describes the underlined part of this sentence?

“Formed by years of erosion” is a phrase, not a clause, because it has no subject and finite verb. It adds extra information about the canyon; the sentence would still identify the canyon without it. Therefore, it is a nonrestrictive phrase.

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