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Hi, I tried to find some good information of "which and that" distinction online and have acquired some good information, thanks to them. In the suite101.com's website with what I would call an online search phrase of "That or Which? Don't Misuse These Relative...

I think this would be impossible to distinguish the difference when speaking not writing. If I said: Two men who I had never seen before came into the office , who would know if I used the comma or not and how to interpret it? So in your opinion Kooyeen I can write: Two men I had...

I don't think the number of jackets or men is important when considering relative clauses.

Hi SOP SeekerOfPeace wrote: Would I be correct to say that relative clauses: ü modify a noun or a pronoun Correct, but they can also modify a clause: He didn't say anything, which was a surprise. ü Are either defining or non-defining Correct. In the...

"I've come across the term "adjective appositive" and "adverb appositive" a few times, and I'm just wondering if this is widely-used. Is it an incorrect description of a construction that should be called something else? I'm asking this because I always see appositives defined as nouns (or noun...

You said: When you say, , otherwise this sentence wouldn't sound right. The big difference between the sentence immediately above and our earlier examples is the comma. But I don't see how that could change the number of the verb. My answer is just an educated guess. Rommie

Hi, this is my first post to the group. I’ve just pasted information from Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage. To be quite frank, I don’t really understand these definitions fully but I hope the information is useful to you. So, regarding the words 1 Than 2 that 1 Than is normally used to...