{"id":101,"date":"2015-07-21T19:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/styleforstudents\/?post_type=chapter&p=101"},"modified":"2015-07-21T19:59:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T19:59:37","slug":"that-which","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-styleforstudents-1\/chapter\/that-which\/","title":{"raw":"That \/ Which","rendered":"That \/ Which"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nThe rules governing these two words are a bit flexible, but \u201cwhich\u201d is too often used where \u201cthat\u201d should be. \u201cThat\u201d is preferable when you are limiting or restricting a noun:\r\n
A law that does not have public support cannot be enforced. (\u201cA law that\u201d helps to limit the meaning to just one kind of law.)\r\n\r\nThe air dry loss moisture factor appears to control the amount of airborne respirable dust that is liberated from the product. (\u201cAirborne respirable dust that\u201d restricts the dust just to that liberated from the product.)<\/blockquote>\r\nThe following line from a nursery rhyme is instructive here, because all of the \u201cthats\u201d are correct:\r\n
This is the rat that ate the cat that lived in the house that Jack built.<\/blockquote>\r\nIn contrast, \u201cwhich\u201d introduces a phrase that provides descriptive yet incidental information, and \u201cwhich\u201d often requires commas on one or both ends of the phrase it introduces:\r\n
The law, which was enacted in 1897, was soon challenged by the courts.\r\n\r\nApproximately 71 percent of the earth\u2019s surface is covered by a worldwide body of sea water, which is interconnected.\r\n\r\nThe trawl consists of five net bags in a row which are collected on board one at a time as they become filled with oil.<\/blockquote>\r\nIn short, you use \u201cthat\u201d to complete a noun and \u201cwhich\u201d simply to describe a noun.\r\n\r\n \r\n
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Self-Study<\/h3>\r\nWant more on :\u201dthat\u201d vs \u201cwhich\u201d?\u00a0 Check out these entertaining websites:\r\n\r\n\u201cWhich vs That\u201d article from the worldwidewords.org<\/a>\r\n\r\nJames Thurber's advice on why we should\u00a0\u201cNever monkey with \u2018Which\u2019\u201d<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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The rules governing these two words are a bit flexible, but \u201cwhich\u201d is too often used where \u201cthat\u201d should be. \u201cThat\u201d is preferable when you are limiting or restricting a noun:<\/p>\n

A law that does not have public support cannot be enforced. (\u201cA law that\u201d helps to limit the meaning to just one kind of law.)<\/p>\n

The air dry loss moisture factor appears to control the amount of airborne respirable dust that is liberated from the product. (\u201cAirborne respirable dust that\u201d restricts the dust just to that liberated from the product.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The following line from a nursery rhyme is instructive here, because all of the \u201cthats\u201d are correct:<\/p>\n

This is the rat that ate the cat that lived in the house that Jack built.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In contrast, \u201cwhich\u201d introduces a phrase that provides descriptive yet incidental information, and \u201cwhich\u201d often requires commas on one or both ends of the phrase it introduces:<\/p>\n

The law, which was enacted in 1897, was soon challenged by the courts.<\/p>\n

Approximately 71 percent of the earth\u2019s surface is covered by a worldwide body of sea water, which is interconnected.<\/p>\n

The trawl consists of five net bags in a row which are collected on board one at a time as they become filled with oil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In short, you use \u201cthat\u201d to complete a noun and \u201cwhich\u201d simply to describe a noun.<\/p>\n

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Self-Study<\/h3>\n

Want more on :\u201dthat\u201d vs \u201cwhich\u201d?\u00a0 Check out these entertaining websites:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich vs That\u201d article from the worldwidewords.org<\/a><\/p>\n

James Thurber’s advice on why we should\u00a0\u201cNever monkey with \u2018Which\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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