WHICH or THAT or WITH

Hi

I bought a house with 3 bedrooms.

More natural to me:

I bought a three bedroom house.

In addition, the second:
'I bought a house which had 3 bedrooms' is possible if you don't own the house now.  You used to own it but then you sold it.

optilangI bought a three-bedroom house.

Hi Optilang

Is the hyphen optional?

Thanks.

heywoodcIn addition, the second:

'I bought a house which had 3 bedrooms' is possible if you don't own the house now. You used to own it but then you sold it.

Why? It only tells me that two events happened: you buying a house and the house having two bedrooms -- both events are in the past and the latter precedes the former. You never know for sure that

What about:

I bought a house THAT/WHICH cost me 200000 dollars.

Thank you

There is no real difference between 'which' and 'that'. 'that' is usually better for restrictive clauses, and 'which' is better for nonrestrictive clauses. So I would either write 'I bought a house, which cost me 200000 dollars' or 'I bought a house that cost me 200000 dollars'. Note the comma in the first sentence. I'm not really sure if 'that cost me 20000 dollars' is a restrictive clause, espe

ferdisI'm not really sure if 'that cost me 200 dollars' is a restrictive clause

You can be sure it is restrictive. In modern English that is always restrictive (and therefore not preceded by a comma) when it introduces a relative clause.

which can go either way -- without the comma (restrictive) or with the comma (non-restrictive

CalifJimYou can be sure it is restrictive. In modern English that is always restrictive (and therefore not preceded by a comma) when it introduces a relative clause.

which can go either way -- without the comma (restrictive) or with the comma (non-restrictive).

My mistake, I meant whether the 'cost me 200 dollars' part

OK. Got it.

By the way, the usual way of writing "200 dollars" is $200.

Also, to be more realistic, it sh

CalifJimOK. Got it.

By the way, the usual way of writing "200 dol