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Matfever Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

it was - that

It was a car that crashed into that milestone.
It was the car that crashed into that milestone.

Which one is right? Thanks!
  

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Both are correct according to my understanding : It was a car that crashed into that milestone. - It means, the car was unidentified , and you know nothing about it , it is just an information . -- Here, it was a particular car about which you are talking.

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  • Both are correct according to my understanding : It was a car that crashed into that milestone.
  • - It means, the car was unidentified , and you know nothing about it , it is just an information .
  • -- Here, it was a particular car about which you are talking.
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Both are correct according to my understanding :

It was a car that crashed into that milestone. - It means, the car was unidentified , and you know nothing about it , it is just an information .
It was the car that crashed into that milestone.-- Here, it was a particular car about which you are talking.
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so, if I have a main sentence like this

A car crashed into that milestone.

How do you change it?

It was a car that crashed into that milestone.
or
It was the car that crashed into
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so, if I have a main sentence like this
A car crashed into that milestone.
How do you change it?
It was a car that crashed into that milestone. or It was the car that crashed into that milestone
This one:
It was a
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It was a car that crashed into that milestone. (more than one car have crashed into that milestone and you're referring to one of them or you want to make sure the reader/listener knows it was a car and not a bike, a tractor etc)

It was the car that crashed into that milestone. (the reader/listener alre
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