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Mifo Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Which/That - argh!
Hi there,
I really need some help; I am a technical writer and I have looked at this sentence so much it feels incorrect either way.
In the sentence "The meter also supports exposure profiling which allows you to customise the light meter to your camera's specific dynamic range." is which correct? I feel 'that' might work better since the setence is explaining the restrictive clause...help?
I really need some help; I am a technical writer and I have looked at this sentence so much it feels incorrect either way.
In the sentence "The meter also supports exposure profiling which allows you to customise the light meter to your camera's specific dynamic range." is which correct? I feel 'that' might work better since the setence is explaining the restrictive clause...help?
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Welcome, mifo! If the relative clause is intended to be restrictive, that is, this particular type of exposure profiling permits such customization and others don't, then the sentence is fine as is; however, that can be used instead and would cause less confusion, I'd say. If the clause is nonrestrictive, you must use which and a comma before it.
- Welcome, mifo!
- If the relative clause is intended to be restrictive, that is, this particular type of exposure profiling permits such customization and others don't, then the sentence is fine as is; however, that can be used instead and would cause less confusion, I'd say.
- If the clause is nonrestrictive, you must use which and a comma before it.
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Welcome, mifo!
If the relative clause is intended to be restrictive, that is, this particular type of exposure profiling permits such customization and others don't, then the sentence is fine as is; however, that can be used instead and would cause less confusion, I'd say. If the clause is nonrestrictive, you must use which and a comma before it.
If the relative clause is intended to be restrictive, that is, this particular type of exposure profiling permits such customization and others don't, then the sentence is fine as is; however, that can be used instead and would cause less confusion, I'd say. If the clause is nonrestrictive, you must use which and a comma before it.
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mifoI feel 'that' might work betterI don't. That construction has all the marks of being a non-restrictive clause, and you should add a comma. It sounds to me like you're giving the reader extra information about what exposure profiling does, not talking about a particular kind of exposure profiling that is different from other kinds of exposure profiling.
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mifoI thought I was going insaneWell, hopefully we've reversed that trend.
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