That or which
Hi,
Can I use ‘that’ and ‘which’ in the same paragraph?
For instance:
“He scooped up all the papers that were lying on the table and threw them away. Nobody knew what got into him, but it must have been all the stress he had to deal with last week because of his new project, which was compounded by the fact that his wife had filed for divorce.”
Is it okay to have ‘that’ in the first sentence and ‘which’ in the last? Doesn’t it disrupt grammatical consistency?
I’m sorry if this seems like a stupid question. It just had me wondering.
Thank you.
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Ann225 Is it okay to have ‘that’ in the first sentence and ‘which’ in the last? Yes. Ann225 Doesn’t it disrupt grammatical consistency?
- Ann225 Is it okay to have ‘that’ in the first sentence and ‘which’ in the last?
- Yes.
- Ann225 Doesn’t it disrupt grammatical consistency?
- No, not at all.
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Ann225Is it okay to have ‘that’ in the first sentence and ‘which’ in the last?
Yes.
Ann225Doesn’t it disrupt grammatical consistency?
No, not at all.
0In fact, you have no option but to use "which", since "that" is not allowed in supplementary (non-defining) relative clauses like the one in the second sentence of your example.
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