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Kilimanjaro Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

which vs that

1b00It was Istanbul .............the young Ottoman emperor conquered in 1453.02b02br
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00a)whom02br
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00b)when02br
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00c)which02br
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00d)what02br
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00e)that02br
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00I go for "E". "C" is also a second alternative. What's your take on it? Which is correct?0-
  

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0 Only E, as this is restrictive (no comma). Use 01i 00 which02i 00 after comma. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 Only E, as this is restrictive (no comma).
  • Use 01i 00 which02i 00 after comma.
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0 Only E, as this is restrictive (no comma). Use 01i00 which02i00 after comma. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Only E, as this is restrictive (no comma). Use 11i10 which12i10 after comma. 12br
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10What about "what" Marius?0-
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0This construction is callled cleft sentence. It is/was ... that ...02br
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01font00The young Ottoman emperor02font00 01font00conquered02font00 01font00Istanbul 02font01font00in 145302font00.02br
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01cite10Kilimanjaro12cite11blockquote
11cite20Marius Hancu22cite20Only E, as this is restrictive (no comma). Use 21i20 which22i20 after comma. 22br
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20What about "what" Marius?12br
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10No, not "what." You may hear that colloquially (11font10It was a Coke what he was drinking.12font10) but it's non-standard. 12br
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10Hi, why is that non-standard? What he was drinking was a Coke, so it was a Coke what he was dr
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0Because it switches over to "that" instead of "what" when you have it in this order.02br
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00I think CJ addressed this in a prior post. Perhaps he will wander by and explain it again.0-
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0 I don't recall explaining this before. In any case, the cleft sentence structure is not possible with 01i00what02i00. 01i00what02i00 is used in the pseudo-cleft sentence structure.02br
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01i00I like the last example best.02br
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02i01sup00 02sup01i01b00
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10But you cannot take: 11i10What you need is to see a doctor immediately.12i12br
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10Why? Is 2 wrong?02br
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001- It was an apple that / which he ate.02br
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002- What he ate was an apple.02br
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0 It was an apple that he ate. Correct.02br
00 It was an apple which he ate. Correct.02br
00 What he ate was an apple. Correct.02br
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00 It was an apple that which he ate. Not correct.02br
00 It was an apple what he ate. Not correct.02br
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00 (The italicized sentence in the quote box is correct. You seem
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