tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post113060920497435857..comments2024-03-15T04:02:42.341-04:00Comments on CrimLaw: More on Restrictive PhrasesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1130622862961860072005-10-29T17:54:00.000-04:002005-10-29T17:54:00.000-04:00The second construction is discouraged by some of ...The second construction is discouraged by some of the handbooks I found, but none set an absolute rule against it.<BR/><BR/>Thus, when writing, it is arguably better to use <I>which</I> only for non-restrictive clauses because that's what many people expect. But when reading, we can't rely on <I>which</I> to identify non-restrictive clauses since not everyone follows that rule.<BR/><BR/>For example, the King James version of the bible is full of restrictive <I>which</I>s: "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass[...]" (Luke 2:15 KJV)<BR/><BR/>And here's one from <I>Moby Dick</I>: "Between the marble cenotaphs on either hand of the pulpit, the wall which formed its back was adorned with a large painting [...]"<BR/><BR/><I>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</I> is full of them, but that's Huck talking, and he's not exactly an authority.<BR/><BR/>We're better off assuming that non-restrictive clauses will be set off by commas, regardless of the relative pronoun used.Windypundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788171819370012437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1130618849648428472005-10-29T16:47:00.000-04:002005-10-29T16:47:00.000-04:00The second second is grammatically incorrect. It s...The second second is grammatically incorrect. It should be "that" and without a comma.<BR/><BR/>The rule is as follows:<BR/><BR/><I>"Which which is wrong, should be that, which is right."</I>KipEsquirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326513032807027956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1130615328512019862005-10-29T15:48:00.000-04:002005-10-29T15:48:00.000-04:00I looked in a few other books and they all say abo...I looked in a few other books and they all say about the same thing:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.windypundit.com/archives/2005/10/more_on_restrictive_claus.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.windypundit.com/archives/2005/10/more_on_restrictive_claus.html</A>Windypundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01788171819370012437noreply@blogger.com