Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. If you're confused about that versus which, don't feel bad. It's one of the most common topics people ask me about. sheryl grammar Is it incorrect to use the words "that which" in a sentence together? For example, "Do not do that which is compromising to your health." Is that grammatically incorrect? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=21300#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=21300#Comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:12:51 GMT ugg grammar ugg pink,short ugg,cheap ugg,classic tall chestnut uggs sales,ugg tall,tall black ugg,replica ugg cheap boots,uggs sundance,ugg boots,short ugg boots sundance ugg,cardy ugg,Tall ugg,ugg sale nfl jerseys,National Football League jerseys,nfl 2009, nfl jerseys [url=http://www.classicuggmini.com/]classic ugg mini,Crochet ugg,uggs mini,ugg store[/url] [url=http://www.ladiesugg.com/]Ugg Sale,Cheap Boots,Ugg Australia[/url] [url=http://www.cheapuggretail.com/]cheap ugg retail,ugg classic tall,ugg boots,wholesale ugg[/url] [url=http://www.jerseysnflonline.com/]nfl jerseys,National Football League jerseys,nfl 2009, nfl jerseys[/url] classic ugg mini,Crochet ugg,uggs mini,ugg store Ugg Sale,Cheap Boots,Ugg Australia cheap ugg retail,ugg classic tall,ugg boots,wholesale ugg nfl jerseys,National Football League jerseys,nfl 2009, nfl jerseys [url=http://wwww.shortugg.com/]ugg pink,short ugg,cheap ugg,classic tall chestnut[/url] [url=http://www.tallblackugg.com/]uggs sales,ugg tall,tall black ugg,replica ugg[/url] [url=http://www.uggssundance.com/]cheap boots,uggs sundance,ugg boots,short ugg boots[/url] [url=http://www.sundanceugg.com/]sundance ugg,cardy ugg,Tall ugg,ugg sale[/url] [url=http://www.jerseysnflonline.com/]nfl jerseys,National Football League jerseys,nfl 2009, nfl jerseys[/url] http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=21234#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=21234#Comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:24:28 GMT Stanley grammar Thank you for your lesson. I was curious about choice between which and that, and now I can clearly understand which word I should use in each case. I really appreciate it! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=20833#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=20833#Comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34:50 GMT Sim grammar switch the which ! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=18484#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=18484#Comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:39:49 GMT Adam Kaluzshner grammar Hi, Can you please write some tips on using "Just versus Only"? I'm tutoring someone in grammar and I intuitively know when to use those words, but have trouble explaining it to others. Are there rules to follow? Thanks http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=18039#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=18039#Comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:50:26 GMT karen grammar So, "which" goes with the commas, which go with nonrestrictive clauses. I think. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=17819#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=17819#Comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:14:22 GMT lisa grammar Thank you...this was very helpful... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=17455#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=17455#Comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:50:16 GMT Myra Andaya grammar I understand that the word "which" has a role in an adjective clause, but does that make "which" an adjective? What part of speech is it? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=17429#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=17429#Comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:53:44 GMT Melodie grammar I'd like to add another monkey wrench to the that/which discussion. Has anyone out there noticed the incorrect use of which that has become so pervasive on the West Coast? To start, you must understand that the West Coast is the land of incomplete sentences and trailing-off thoughts. I keep hearing people phrase their use of "which" as in these examples: "I'm going to be there Tuesday, which I'm always there in the morning," or "He's my brother-in-law, which I'm glad my sister is married to him." Huh?! Where did this convoluted stuff come from? It's spreading like wildfire! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=16908#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=16908#Comments Sun, 10 May 2009 05:39:05 GMT Anthony grammar I was happy to have a simple explanation of what this distinction is supposed to be, and Grammar Girl's is quite good. I fall on the side of those who point out that distinguishing restrictive/non-restrictive clauses isn't always so easy. More generally, I also just don't see the work that that/which are doing in all cases. For example: 1. There was an earthquake in China, which is bad news. 2*. There was an earthquake in China, that is bad news. I doubt any English speaker can hear 2 (intended as the semantic equivalent of 1, of course) as correct. But take a converse: 3. Leaves that are green contain chlorophyll. 4. Leaves which are green contain chlorophyll. Does 4 sound worse than 3? Maybe marginally (and I suspect moreso to grammarians). But it isn't clearly wrong in the way 2 is. My point here isn't that "which" works in all sentences and "that" doesn't - I imagine with a little thought you could come up with examples that disprove that (although I wonder if that pressure would come from phonetics). All I'm suggesting is that the syntactic property of the restrictive/non-restrictive relationship need not map neatly onto our forms of speech (and there's no reason it needs to, since we're clearly capable of grasping that distinction separately from word choice). http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=16663#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx?commentid=16663#Comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:21:15 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:12:51 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/which-versus-that.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us