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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

The door which/that was on the left was the correct one.

The door which/that was on the left was the correct one.

Hi,
Do both which and that fit in the above and mean about the same to you? They do to me but I need your confirmation. Thanks.
  

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Angliholic I need your confirmation. Consider it confirmed! CJ

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AngliholicI need your confirmation.
Consider it confirmed! Emotion: smile
CJ
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CalifJim
AngliholicI need your confirmation.
Consider it confirmed!
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Perhaps the people on that website are adhering to the convention used by some writers that which is only used with a comma. That is, which is only used, according to this convention, non-restrictively.
I find it a pretty silly convention, since writers have been using which both with and without commas for centuries. But in order to make the software accept your answers
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Thanks, CJ, for the sensible and reasonable answer.

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