That vs. Which
Posted by ShawnAug 30
Which one do I use? This one or that? This is another misused term that is so hard to figure out. In my days as a journalist, my editor wielded his pencil like a switchblade, stabbing and slicing my story every place I chose incorrectly.
His face would be red and inflamed as he handed my shredded story back to me. I didn’t like his face when it was red and inflamed. It frightened me. And someday he will become a character in a horror novel.
That is the price you pay for being sloppy. It is a emotion, which I hope, I never feel. So, quite simply.
That is defining, points directly to, marks the thing you’re referring to.
Which is not defining, adds a tidbit or a fact to the thing you’re referring to.
Which one? That one.
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