Marie Lasnier <lasnier[_at_]dag.ca> wrote:
>
> 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.)
You're absolutely right. The comma (or its absence) does much to clarify a "which" or "that" construction. According to strict English grammar, "which" constructions generally take a comma and "that" constructions do not.
Bob Cumbow
<cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com>
Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 17:14:45 GMT
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