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S.P.I. Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

That or which?

Hi there everyone,

I was wondering which of these sentences is more grammatically correct, I would appreciate it if you could give a reason for your choice.

"The menu on top which you can use to select various options"

"The menu on top that you can use to select various options"


Thanks.
  

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Hi SPI Neither of one is a complete sentence, but it seems likely you'd be better off with "which" (along with a pair of commas and the end of the sentence) because "which you can use to select various options" seems to be a non-defining clause. "

  • Hi SPI Neither of one is a complete sentence, but it seems likely you'd be better off with "which" (along with a pair of commas and the end of the sentence) because "which you can use to select various options" seems to be a non-defining clause.
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Hi SPI

Neither of one is a complete sentence, but it seems likely you'd be better off with "which" (along with a pair of commas and the end of the sentence) because "which you can use to select various options" seems to be a non-defining clause.
For example:

"The menu on top, which you can use to select various options, is the one you need."
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Thanks for the reply, I meant to use that sentence in a question. It went something like this:

"Are you talking about the menu on top which you can use to select various options?"

Is that sentence correct?
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That question seems awkwardly worded to me.

However, the "which you can use to select various options" part still seems to be a non-defining relative clause, and that normally means you should use "which" and a comma.

"Are you talking about the menu on top, which you can use to select various options?"
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Alright, could you please rephrase that sentence to make it sound normal? Emotion: smile I have some trouble structuring sentences, any advice on
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What exactly are you trying to do? Are you simply trying to write a question with a relative clause in it?

A defining clause (with an optional "that") might be something like this, for example:

- Is the menu (that) I need the one at the top left?
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S.P.I.
I assume that you mean a menu in a computer program. Here is a suggestion:
You can use the top menu (or menu on top) to change or select various options.
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Maybe this: Is it the top menu that you you use to...?
(Of the menus there, is the top menu the one you are talking about.
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I am sorry I should have elaborated on the context i was trying to use that sentence in. Someone asked me to modify a flash animated menu on a webpage but there was more than one, to make sure which menu he was talking about i asked:


"You mean the menu on top that you can use to select various options?"

As Yankee said, the sentence doesn't seem to be grammati
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Do you mean the options menu on top?

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