Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Introduction
Generally between which and that have
the same function in English. Both of them explain about things. But if which only
can be used to explain about the things, it's not also for "that".
Because that can be used to explain about the "Things or
People". Which and That can be used as an subject and
an object of adjective clause.
“That” or “Which” Refer to People or Things
Example
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Explanation
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These two sentences have the same meaning.
Software is a set of instructions that tells a
computer what to do.
Software is a set of instructions which tells a
computer what to do.
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That or which can refer to either people or
things.
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Omitting the Object Pronoun
Example
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Explanation
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This sentence is a combination of two sentences:
The programmer that I met was clever. =
All three sentences are correct.
The programmer that I met was clever.
The programmer who(m) I met was clever.
The programmer
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An object pronoun can be omitted from an adjective clause
and the sentence will have the same meaning.
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Note : Which, whom and that are can be omitted from an adjective clause, because they are as object pronoun. When Which, and that are used as the subject of an adjective clause, they can't be omitted.
Examples:
- The river Which flows through town is polluted.
(true)
- The river That flows through town is
polluted.(true)
- The river flows through town is polluted.(false)
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