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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
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"that" or "which"

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00should i use "that" or "which" in the following02br
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00I completed a research project 01font00(that/which)02font00 resulted in a discovery of human genetics.02br
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00Thank you very much.0-
  

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0 You can use either one, Cogar.0-
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0 I completed a research project 01font00(that/which)02font00 resulted in a discovery of human genetics.02br
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00I completed a research 01b00project,02b01font01b00 02b00which02font00 resulted in a discovery of human genetics.02br
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0 Hi Yoong Liat02br
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00I agree that you should use a comma and 01i00which02i00 if the clause is a non-defining clause. 02br
00But, to me, the clause in this sentence seems to be a defining clause -- i.e. you can use either 01i00that02i00 or 01i00which, 02i00but should not use a comma.0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi Yoong Liat12br
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10You should use a comma and 11i10which12i10 if the clause is a non-defining one. 12br
10But, to me, the clause in this sentence seems to be a defining clause -- i.e. you can use either 11i10that12i10 or 11i
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0 Hi Yoong Liat02br
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00I suppose one reason it seems to be a defining clause to me is the use of the words 'a research project.' 02br
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00That seems very general to me.0-
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0hello Yoong Liat and Yankee, 02br
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00thank you for the explanations.02br
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00what if I changed the sentence to02br
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00I completed 00the00 research project (that/which) resulted in the discovery of human genetics.02br
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00which is the correct one, "a research project" or "the research project"?
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0 Hi Cogar02br
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00Deciding whether to use the comma or not depends on whether the information is completely extra or not. If the sentence means something such as "I did X and,01b00 by the way02b00, I'd also like to mention that I did Y, too" then you need a comma. 02br
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00But if the clause identifies and defines something m
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0 How did we get from the first question to "the discovery of human genetics"?02br
00Wasn't that discovery made more than 100 years ago? 05002br
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00 How about just02br
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01i00I completed a project that resulted in 01b00a02b00 discovery 01b00in02b00 human genetics.02i02b
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0Oops! You're right. I guess I wasn't paying very close attention during my cut and paste routine. 050010id3
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