From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Jun 16 2003 - 03:47:32 CDT
In <200306150209.h5F29FbC011072@jefferson.patriot.net> "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <Shmuel+gen@patriot.net> writes:
>The baic rule can be stated in much less text than that; "that"
>qualifies or restricts the subject, "which" makes a side comment about
>the subject.
>Fowler, of course, uses techical language and addresses edge cases,
>but the above covers most of the use that occurs in practice.
I think what Fowler is saying is that the rule you mention is the only
rule in town, but it is not universally accepted as such. You MAY try to
enforce it, but if you do, then you MUST pay attention to the problems and
exceptions that you will encounter.
Argument sounds familiar?
:-)
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