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Which / That confusion

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"Those things that" or "those things which"?

Generally, "that" is used to specify a specific subset of the set under discussion, and "which" just adds some extra information about the whole set in general. E.g. My car that is blue in color runs very fast.       I have many cars. That one…
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Ambiguity in use of 'which'?

In the sentence like "I ate the ice cream, which took only 5 mins." Isn't it ambiguous in the ways that 'which' can refer to both the ice cream and the time it took to make/serve or the act of eating and the time I took to eat it up? I appreciate…
K. Lee
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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 development for the stakeholders involved in the…
Pankesh Patel
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"to which he reported" or "that he reported to"?

In the US, which is correct "the two organizations to which he reported" or "the two organizations that he reported to"?
Adrian Stead
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"that modifer" usage

Hi could you please let me know if the "that modifer" modifies the closest noun (i.e exercises) or further away head noun (i.e. vocabulary), in the following passage. Let's review some vocabulary from the last few reading exercises that I've…
e-learner
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"which" should be "that "?

The original text: In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people. Question: I am wondering whether "which" should be replaced by "that", because this is a restrictive clause.…
Shan Q
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Two uses of "which" in the same sentence

I would like to ask whether I can use "which" twice in the following sentence: We are so (so!) excited for our big day which is just around the corner and which would be meaningless without you!
Lama Souheil
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Yet another which/that question

"Acme is an open development platform which enables the distribution of knowledge between IT experts and organizations globally." Is it which or that? I've read online quite a bit, including this site, and generally people refer to "one of many…
Y L
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Is "A list which its items are..." wrong?

I'm writing a piece of documentation for a program, I want to specify the return value of a function. For sake of simplicity, I've assumed here that the function always returns a list with two items inside (i.e. [1, 2]). For the "Return" part of the…
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Shouldn't "which" be replaced with "that" in this sample? Please elborate

Please see page 3, question 1, letter D for the sample question. (Scroll down for link) The diction in regards to this is why I'm confused. Isn't the sentence before the word "which" directive? Shouldn't "which" be replaced with "that"? Given that…
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"that is" or "which is"

I am writing an article in BE and I try to remain formal. I have a difficulty with that and which: (meaningless sentences) We move from our old car to the truck that is his new means of transportation or We move from our old car to the truck…
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Difference between that and which. Can that follow a comma?

1) Eventually, we developed a strategy, grounded in prospect theory and its associated biases like loss-aversion and availability heuristic, which exploited the tendencies of players to fold too often when they did not have money invested and fold…
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Can I use "which" and "that" together?

I love everybody, but it is your ignorance that which I cannot stand. Can I say that which in the statement I made?
Chauncey
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For which reason vs For that reason

I know that 'which' and 'that' open non-restrictive and restrictive clauses, respectively. However, intuitively, it seems to me that they don't have the same functions in the phrases 'for which reason' and 'for that reason'. Does 'for which reason'…
Hal
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Relative Clause: 'that' & 'which'

Here'are two sentences: It's not beer WHICH destroys people, it's beer WHICH does it to them. It's not beer THAT destroys people, it's beer THAT does it to them. Pretty weird sentences but they are qoutes from a Russian movie translated into…
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