That which doesn’t restrict you makes you non-essential
Sep 19th, 2008 | By John Roach | Category: Grammar“That” or “which” — the eternal question. Which of these two words should you use to start a clause?
The answer depends on how important what you’re writing is. If the clause is important to the meaning, you use “that”; if it can be omitted without changing the meaning, you use “which.”
Essential clauses take “that”
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