30 December 2005

This is handy: "which" or "that" - a brief guide to when to use what from the people at the Chicago Manual of Style.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.WhichvsThat.html

The Q & A section of their website looks like a pedants' mecca. This reminds me of a joke Tim Spence used to regret having told. Q: Who started the Pedants' Revolt? A: Which Tyler.

1 comment:

  1. The Earless of Fauvre's Requiem7 January 2006 at 16:40

    "Of the books WHICH are on the shelf, bring me the two THAT are on the top."

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