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Log in to your account to leave a comment or fill in your details below to comment as a guest. You may want to reconsider using the word "nauseous" with the more appropriate word, "nauseated. OK, I've been familiar with the distinction between essential and additional relative clauses for a long time. And I've seen many published examples of "which" being used in both situations. To summarise this article:: Use " which" to introduce additional non-essential information.
Use " that" to introduces essential information fine-tuning the description. When PWA sees "which" without a preceding comma, it merely suggests you might want to add one. It never suggests simply changing "which" to "that". It would help enormously if your software reflected the hints you publish in these blogs.
Thanks for this! We work hard to have our software do just that, but at the end of the day, it is just software. We are always working to improve it! There is a grammar error in the article: "The 'which' clause is non-essential or non-restrictive, and as such, is always set off from the rest of the sentence with commas.
The explanation on the 'towered building' example confused me a little. Unlike the others it sort of claims that the use of "that" creates a "causal" connection between the description it introduces and the rest of the sentence, while the emphasis is clearly on the circumstantial connection. I mean, of course, there's probably a good reason to choose one distinguishing feature over another, but the reason "The building-gave me the shivers" isn't necessrily the fact that it "towered over the sightseers".
I was reading this example back and forth, and couldnwt get to a conclusion- Doesn't "that" suppose to distinguish objects from similar ones that don't share its differentiating feature?
On the other hand, does the use of "that" obligate the existence of similar objects? This arcticle is very helpful, maybe the one that supplies the most comprehensive view on this subject as far as I've been able to find , hence simply great.
I would really appreciate any sort of feedback, answer, clarification etc. You've come to the right place! This is the kind of thing we absolutely love to nerd-out about.
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Above or over? Across , over or through? Advice or advise? Affect or effect? All or every? All or whole? Allow , permit or let? Almost or nearly? Alone , lonely , or lonesome? Along or alongside?
Already , still or yet? Also , as well or too? Alternate ly , alternative ly Although or though? Altogether or all together? Amount of , number of or quantity of? Any more or anymore? Anyone , anybody or anything? Apart from or except for? Arise or rise? Around or round?
Arouse or rouse? As or like? As , because or since? As , when or while? Been or gone? Begin or start? Beside or besides? Between or among? Born or borne? Bring , take and fetch Can , could or may? Classic or classical?
Come or go? Consider or regard? Consist , comprise or compose? Content or contents? Different from , different to or different than? Do or make? Down , downwards or downward? During or for? Each or every? East or eastern ; north or northern? Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for?
Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Your favorite issue of Writer's Digest isn't just any issue, it's the one with me on the cover. OK, so I've never been on the cover of Writer's Digest , but that doesn't change the fact that it's necessary for you to understand the context of your clauses, a key covered in most grammar books.
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