Dirk exaggerates all the time. he claims that he can run a mile in five minutes, jump over a parked car, and swim the length of the pool underwater. fran asked him to stop it, but dirk said he hadn’t exaggerated anything in the last ten years.
a.
the leopard cannot change its spots.
b.
old habits die hard.
c.
nothing ventured, nothing gained.
d.
strike while the iron is hot.

- "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)."

who is marty in this situation?