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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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WHICH or THAT in this particular sentence
From that time, only the £50 banknote featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt, which was introduced in 2011, will hold legal tender status
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From that time, only the £50 banknote featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt will hold legal tender status. The clause is not necessary for the meaning of the sentence, unless there were several of these notes, introduced in different years. That is probably not the case.
- From that time, only the £50 banknote featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt will hold legal tender status.
- The clause is not necessary for the meaning of the sentence, unless there were several of these notes, introduced in different years.
- That is probably not the case.
- Thus, the clause is non-essential.
- It is not a restrictive clause.
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From that time, only the £50 banknote featuring Matthew Boulton and James Watt will hold legal tender status.
The clause is not necessary for the meaning of the sentence, unless there were several of these notes, introduced in different years. That is probably not the case.
Thus, the clause is non-essential. It is not a restrictive clause. That fact is the key to picking "which
The clause is not necessary for the meaning of the sentence, unless there were several of these notes, introduced in different years. That is probably not the case.
Thus, the clause is non-essential. It is not a restrictive clause. That fact is the key to picking "which
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