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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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How is the different of THAT and WHICH ??

How is the different of THAT and WHICH ???
  

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'That' is used to begin restrictive or defining clauses. 'Which' is used to begin restrictive and non-restrictive (defining and non-defining) clauses. The words also appear in various other situations unrelated to comparing them.

  • 'That' is used to begin restrictive or defining clauses.
  • 'Which' is used to begin restrictive and non-restrictive (defining and non-defining) clauses.
  • The words also appear in various other situations unrelated to comparing them.
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'That' is used to begin restrictive or defining clauses.

'Which' is used to begin restrictive and non-restrictive (defining and non-defining) clauses.

The words also appear in various other situations unrelated to comparing them.
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That before a noun - that house-is a possessive adjective.

Which is interrogative pronoun in an question- Which is your car?

'That' and 'which' are also relative pronouns. 'That' is used to refer to person, animal, and thing.

'Which' is usually refers to animals and things.

Which is used in restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses, whereas, 'that' occurs

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