Re: facts v. history; which and that

On Mon, April 27, 1998, Robert Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> wrote:
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> Steve Jamar <sjamar[_at_]law.howard.edu> wrote:
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> > There is never a loss of meaning by incorrect usage of that or which.
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> I beg to differ. Consider:
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> "The room had one window that overlooked the parking lot."
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> versus
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> "The room had one window, which overlooked the parking lot."

Just for my sake (english is not my mother tongue) is it not more a difference resulting from the use or the omission of the comma than from a difference between "that" and "which"? (In french the same difference of meaning would come from the use or not of that comma.)

Sorry for this question a little out of the debate...

Marie Lasnier
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