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On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 21:06:15 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote: |
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> > And don't get me started on people using "which" when they should be |
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> > using "that". |
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> > (In this case, which is correct but it should have a preceding |
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> > comma). |
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> Please defend / expound upon your statement. - Because I'd like to |
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> learn. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_relative_clauses#That_or_which_for_non-human_antecedents |
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This mentions Fowlers, the reference that Peter said to read. |
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Unfortunately, the distinction, and so the subtleties of meaning, is |
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falling into disuse, even in professionally written copy. |
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But its a bad habit which I will never get into! |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The word 'Windows' is a word out of an old dialect of the Apaches. |
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It means: 'White man staring through glass-screen onto an hourglass...') |
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