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Example

"Ms. Desai bought shares in FTC International, manufacturer of a wide range of smartphone accessories."

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Hypothesis

  • "which is a" is omitted before "manufacturer".

  • This is a non-restrictive clause.

Jinn Jinn
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    I think that you're on the right track. I recommend that you look up "whiz-deletion". Omission of the article before "manufacturer" is fairly common, but I believe that it occurs more in AmE than in BrE. (You should also cite the quotation's source.) – MarcInManhattan Aug 25 '22 at 02:40
  • Thank you. Yes, one of my friends from the US said omitting the article is weird. But I will try to look for whiz-deletion. – Jinn Jinn Aug 25 '22 at 06:27
  • I googled whiz-deletion but I could not find a trustworthy source. Can you give me any good resources about it? – Jinn Jinn Aug 25 '22 at 06:34
  • I would look on this site. You could search for the phrase "whiz deletion" (with quotation marks) or for the tag with that name. This answer has a good example of it. – MarcInManhattan Aug 25 '22 at 10:19

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Ms. Desai bought shares in FTC International, [manufacturer of a wide range of smartphone accessories].

I wouldn't say this is a non-restrictive construction with the relative phrase omitted.

The bracketed element is non-restrictive, but it's an ascriptive NP supplement, more specifically a 'bare NP', i.e. one with no determiner.

It would be possible to add a determiner: a manufacturer of a wide range of smartphone accessories.

BillJ
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  • Note that you could also have plural "manufacturers" instead of singular "manufacturer" in your original sentence. – BillJ Aug 25 '22 at 09:09