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Choosing Between That or Which: Clearing Up the Confusion

Understand the rules for using "that" or "which" in sentences and practice with examples to master their usage. Learn when to use "that" to maintain sentence meaning and when to use "which" for clauses set off by commas. Improve your grammar skills effortlessly!

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Choosing Between That or Which: Clearing Up the Confusion

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  1. Which??? That??? The Which Trials: That or Which?

  2. Nobody likes a dog that bites? • OR • Nobody likes a dog which bites?

  3. Rules 1 • If you drop the clause and lose the point of the sentence, use that.

  4. Rules 1 The dog thatwon best in show was Buster’s bulldog. REMOVE The dog was Buster’s bulldog.

  5. Rules 2 A which clause goes inside commas.

  6. Rules 2 Buster’s bulldog, which had one white ear, won best in show.

  7. Commas, which cut out the fat, Go with which, never with that.

  8. Practice!!! • The students (that/which) were done played on their phones. • My dog, (that/which) is a poodle, can do lots of tricks. • The teacher (that/which) gives a lot of homework is a meany. • The tree (that/which) lit up was decorated for Christmas. • My clock, (that/which) is really annoying, woke me up too early this morning.

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