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Subject:Re: It's what It's. OH THAT ONE !! From:"Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:04:16 +1100
Solveig Haugland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> /kevin is correct. "Which" and "that" are grammatically different,
> not stylistically different. I'll just provide my own example here as
> well.
>
What makes your examples grammatically different is not
the word "which" or "that" but also the punctuation.
You're referring to a distinction that is widely and exhaustively
covered in English grammar handbooks and style guides.
> For the Chicagophiles, it's in section 5.42 of my 14th edition.
Good advice. See also Strunk & White, page 59 in the third edition.
--
Michael West
