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Hiroshi Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
'in that case' 'in which case'
Dear teachers,
I found a following question in a English work book.
Question:
I might have to work overtime today, in ___ case I will call you by three o'clock.
A) that
B) what
C) whenever
D) which
'Which' is the answer to this question.
The workbook says that 'in that case' doesn't have a function to connect two sentences like one
of the conjunction 'and'. 'In wich case' has such a function of conjunction.
But I feel 'that' is also correct.
Am I wrong?
Hiroshi
I found a following question in a English work book.
Question:
I might have to work overtime today, in ___ case I will call you by three o'clock.
A) that
B) what
C) whenever
D) which
'Which' is the answer to this question.
The workbook says that 'in that case' doesn't have a function to connect two sentences like one
of the conjunction 'and'. 'In wich case' has such a function of conjunction.
But I feel 'that' is also correct.
Am I wrong?
Hiroshi
Top answer
Not exactly, but I know where this feeling comes from, and it does make sense to me. You could say: " I might have to work overtime today . In THAT case I will call you by three o'clock.
- Not exactly, but I know where this feeling comes from, and it does make sense to me.
- You could say: " I might have to work overtime today .
- In THAT case I will call you by three o'clock.
- " If you put it this way, as two seperate sentences, "in that case" may be used.
- However, you would put more stress on "in that case" than you would on "in which case" and you would also shortly pause between the two sentences when saying them, rather than saying it as one sentence.
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Not exactly, but I know where this feeling comes from, and it does make sense to me.
You could say: "I might have to work overtime today. In THAT case I will call you by three o'clock."
If you put it this way, as two seperate sentences, "in that case" may be used. However, you would put more stress
You could say: "I might have to work overtime today. In THAT case I will call you by three o'clock."
If you put it this way, as two seperate sentences, "in that case" may be used. However, you would put more stress
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The workbook says that 'in that case' doesn't have a function to connect two sentences like one of the conjunction 'and'. 'In which case' has such a function of conjunction.-- This is correct, Hiroshi. As Noctivagus indicates, 'in that case' is not a conjunction, so it can only function after a semicolon, colon or full stop...unless a comjunction is also used:
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