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Do I use a comma before “that” or “which” here?
Let's say I'm describing what some person is currently doing, and I say:
He is reading articles which he is summarizing in his blog.
Is this sentence (and specifically, this usage of "which") ...
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What's the difference in meaning of the two sentences?
A good watchdog barks loudly when strangers come on your property, which gives you a feeling of security
A good watchdog barks loudly when strangers come on your property which gives you a feeling of ...
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Is it true that which clause should always start with a comma? [duplicate]
Every time when I write a sentence in Microsoft Word like this:
the rats which are the food of snake are crazily growing.
It always recommends me to rewrite like this:
the rats, which are ...
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Contextual difference between “That is why” vs “Which is why”? [duplicate]
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Do we use “which” or “that” when referring to the preceding main clause as a whole?
Please consider the below sentences.
I have flunked the exam, that is why I am ...
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Usage of “However” instead of “while” [closed]
Can I rephrase the following sentence with "however"
While application development approaches abound in the software world, the evaluation of the existing programming frameworks tend to focus on ...
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correct sentence with or without usage of “which”
In my technical report, I am bit confused that which of the following two sentences is correct or proper.
An important challenge remains to be addressed in the IoT is the ease of application ...
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correct sentence [closed]
I am bit confused about the following two sentences. Which sentence is correct ?
This is problematic because it largely remains unclear for stakeholders, who are involved in the IoT application ...
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Do we use “which” or “that” when referring to the preceding main clause as a whole?
Sorry, I don't think I can use all the grammatical terms right, so I'll illustrate:
Peptide
adsorption curves may cross [...] results in the inversion of peptide
elution order.
I've found a ...
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“… that … with …” and “… which … with …”
The fact that I communicated to Mona is irrelevant.
The fact that I communicated with Mona is irrelevant.
The only difference might seem to be the different prepositions, with and to.
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American English: which vs that [duplicate]
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When is it appropriate to use 'that' as opposed to 'which'?
We've had an American Americanise some phrases for us (with the point of teaching children ...
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“That” or “which”? Does it matter?
If I wish to say something along the lines of
Consider the bear that scratches his head.
It seems to me that I could instead say
Consider the bear which scratches his head.
I am unsure ...
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