i haved watched many videos from diffrent teachers explaining the use of that and which in English and this teacher has the best way of clarifying thanks a lot for your efforts
I have seen many videos to understand this concept, but I found your explanation more useful. Thank you for clearing my doubt. How many people agree with my comment??
Thank you, dear! I like your explanation, very clear! The understanding of 'that' and 'which' has never been so clear to me; and also the use of comma in respect to 'which'. Amen!
I thank you very much for the detailed answer you have sent.Now I understood completely the distinction between that and which.p Siva Rao,India.You are a good teacher.
Great tutorial. I want to thank you two times! One time for the great lesson you taught in this video and another time for the respect that you show toward your audience. You respect our time very much because those moments that you are writing or wiping the board the video is made faster! You don't want to waster our time watching you writing or wiping the board! Spectacular, high quality person you are.
In some cases, the comma before a that -clause is linked with the expression in front of the that -clause a noun clause? , but not the following part...
But if you have two Gutenberg Bibles, one on the table and one on the bookshelf, then you would have to say "Bring me the Gutenberg Bible that is on the table" (ie, and not the one that is on the bookshelf).
Help me out here, please. This is the hybrid car that/which runs both on gas or electricity. So, to differentiate the hybrid car from the other cars I use "that", but if I am talking about hybrid cars, don't they all run on 2 energy sources? I'm confused.
I'm sure everyone has heard this, "Well, Which is it?" They are asking for a defined answer to the question to differentiate from other things. Easy way to remember the rule is just remember that statement "Well, which is it?"
It is not easy. Remembering to ask the question, "Well, which is it" doesn't work. If "That and Which" are to be used as "essential and non essential", and essential and non essential are not to mean important, asking "Well, which is it?" implies importance. Also, asking "Well, which is it?" is a question. Linking "That" with "essential", is a statement. Linking "Which" with "non-essential" is also a statement. Questions and Statements are two different things. The video still remains misleading with it's correlation of THAT (essential) and WHICH (non essential), And then twisting the explaination with a use of the words "THAT and WHICH" in sentences that imply another use of the words. When you use THAT and WHICH to ask, Well, which is it? That (to differentiate between many ideas) is just another incorrect correlation of essential and non essential, believing it will clear things up. The use of the word, "Which" in a question, doesn't fit the prior definition of the word. "Which" in this case is essential, and requires an essential clarification. However, it is common to ask, "Well, which is it?" when trying to ask a question in order to differentiate between many things. It would seem incorrect to ask, "Well, That is it? when trying to ask a question in order to differentiate between many things. The use of That or Which, in the video, in my perspective, lose their importance, and appear to be used as a consequence of language normalizing. What I mean is, use of those words clearly doesn't make sense. And the rules are not logical. And the explanations ultimately require the use of the word to define the word. That is imperfect and circular in reasoning. It's like asking, "How do you know the sky is Blue?" And receiving and answer, "Well, I know it's blue, because it looks blue." Within circular reasoning, and given enough repetition, people who speak and use the English language will change the structure of the language. Words become normalized by familiarization of their use. It does not have to be correct to seem correct. Words of any language will not always convey the intended idea. Regardless, if words are used correctly or incorrectly, as long as the words are used often enough to express an idea, the words become accepted and seem correct. It sounds correct, it seems familiar, so we use it. And ultimately, we explain any circular reasoning by saying, "There are exceptions to the rule" so just memorize it. Because... it just doesn't make sense.
What happens if there are more than one Bible in the house, and I want the one on the table? 'Please bring the Gutenburg Bible that is on the table.' (Not the ones anywhere else.)...
Ok but what If I want to specify that the book is on the table ? What if it could be anywhere in the house and I'm specifying that it is on the table ?
Let's use that runway.... which one? The one that is lighted....or which is lighted? Or which is lit?.....🤔 Whichever one is available. Great explanation and that is why I like numbers........
I’m missing something here. I want the Gutenberg Bible that is on the table. I am being specific because the person I am asking to get the bible needs to know where in the house it is located. I only have one bible but I need to be specific about where it it is. The information I am providing is essential to the sentence. According to your guidance my understanding is incorrect. Please advise? Thanks
doug thompson I remember a teacher asking the class why we used certain parts of speech. I told her I couldn’t remember why, it just sounded right - She was not happy with that answer.
@@carolv8450 Oh i know...they love names, which is fine...how else you gonna teach without calling something a word? But I got lost in all the 'present perfects' and 'future perfect and future past perfect imperfect perfectness" and all those things.
Madam,can we use both(that or which)for the same sentence.you talked about when to use that and when to use which.My question is can we use both for the same sentence?please explain.p Siva Rao,India.
Madam,I have learnt from my teacher that which or that can be used for defining classes.I will give you one ex. The movie( that or which ) we saw last weekend was really good.please clarify.P Siva Rao,India.
The movie is too general (non-essential info) and the last part is essential to know what movie you saw -> that should be the answer ...if the sentence said "the action movie it'd be which cause the action movie provides essential info (at least that's what I think)
If the information after the [that or which] relative pronoun is needed to differentiate between similar things, then use "which." For example -- IF you are talking about a very specific movie (and not possible for similar movies), then you'd say, The Spiderman movie, which we saw last weekend, was really good. [The theater has only one Spiderman movie, so "which we saw last weekend" is not necessary to differentiate the movie from other, similar movies; it is non-essential]. IF you are talking about a movie but you don't name it and so you need to know the information in the descriptive phrase that comes after it to help clarify which movie you are talking about, then you'd say, The movie that we saw last weekend was really good. [Unless you have "that we saw last weekend" the term "movie" is too general and thus the information that comes after it is necessary for you to clarify which movie you saw; it is essential]. That = essential info Which = non-essential info Hope that helps!
thanks a lot so from what i can understand is for example you gonna say (the conjuring is a movie which is based on true events or i can say which has all of the terrifying features but i can't use that there because the information is already given like we know what movie we're talking about there only one movie that called the conjuring otherwise it'd have been the movie that has all the terrifying features is the conjuring here it's not essential to be the conjuring it could be any horror movie but to spacialize or classify what movie i am talking about we use that. if in your examples in the video were like pink-striped or multiple same things we use that to point it out more cuz there is 2 things from the same thing another example here depending on your explanation we should use which in this phrase (adidas is a company which provides stuff......) here i guess beacuse we know which thing we're talking about so we use that please correct me if i am wrong but last thing i've heard teacher say in identifying clauses we can use both that or which is that right? actually now after thinking a bit i guess there is a gap in your explanation or what you've said doesn't work all the time because in this example (i lost my glasses which are black at the beach) here even if you have more than one glasses and you wanna clarify which one you have to use which not that cuz the information is non-essential as other teachers explained like what you said is right but the information should be worth mentioning no matter the quantity right?
What or which one? + that. I get this. TY. Yes , this makes sense. You have already defined the item . He said he was ill , which was a lie. The whole sentence makes the correlative.
i haved watched many videos from diffrent teachers explaining the use of that and which in English and this teacher has the best way of clarifying
thanks a lot for your efforts
Another way simple way: use THAT after unknown or undefined matters, and use ,WHICH after known or defined matters
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I have seen many videos to understand this concept, but I found your explanation more useful. Thank you for clearing my doubt.
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the best explanation of which and that ever . thanks
Thank you, dear! I like your explanation, very clear! The understanding of 'that' and 'which' has never been so clear to me; and also the use of comma in respect to 'which'. Amen!
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I thank you very much for the detailed answer you have sent.Now I understood completely the distinction between that and which.p Siva Rao,India.You are a good teacher.
Great tutorial. I want to thank you two times! One time for the great lesson you taught in this video and another time for the respect that you show toward your audience. You respect our time very much because those moments that you are writing or wiping the board the video is made faster! You don't want to waster our time watching you writing or wiping the board! Spectacular, high quality person you are.
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Madam,very well explained .P Siva Rao,India.
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This presentation would be stronger if it had explained why many excellent writers use “which” for essential relative clauses.
In some cases, the comma before a that -clause is linked with the expression in front of the that -clause a noun clause? , but not the following part...
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Is it the only use of That and Which or there are other rules of using them?
Ditto Przemek's comment. This was an excellent explanation.
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But if you have two Gutenberg Bibles, one on the table and one on the bookshelf, then you would have to say "Bring me the Gutenberg Bible that is on the table" (ie, and not the one that is on the bookshelf).
I just can’t make it out between what is essential and what is not XD
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What is Target, in the example?
It starts with the capital T.
Help me out here, please.
This is the hybrid car that/which runs both on gas or electricity.
So, to differentiate the hybrid car from the other cars I use "that", but if I am talking about hybrid cars, don't they all run on 2 energy sources? I'm confused.
It was really helpful ..Thanks a lot
Practical method to teach about defining clauses and non - defining clauses.
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I'm sure everyone has heard this, "Well, Which is it?" They are asking for a defined answer to the question to differentiate from other things. Easy way to remember the rule is just remember that statement "Well, which is it?"
It is not easy. Remembering to ask the question, "Well, which is it" doesn't work. If "That and Which" are to be used as "essential and non essential", and essential and non essential are not to mean important, asking "Well, which is it?" implies importance. Also, asking "Well, which is it?" is a question. Linking "That" with "essential", is a statement. Linking "Which" with "non-essential" is also a statement. Questions and Statements are two different things. The video still remains misleading with it's correlation of THAT (essential) and WHICH (non essential), And then twisting the explaination with a use of the words "THAT and WHICH" in sentences that imply another use of the words. When you use THAT and WHICH to ask, Well, which is it? That (to differentiate between many ideas) is just another incorrect correlation of essential and non essential, believing it will clear things up. The use of the word, "Which" in a question, doesn't fit the prior definition of the word. "Which" in this case is essential, and requires an essential clarification. However, it is common to ask, "Well, which is it?" when trying to ask a question in order to differentiate between many things. It would seem incorrect to ask, "Well, That is it? when trying to ask a question in order to differentiate between many things. The use of That or Which, in the video, in my perspective, lose their importance, and appear to be used as a consequence of language normalizing. What I mean is, use of those words clearly doesn't make sense. And the rules are not logical. And the explanations ultimately require the use of the word to define the word. That is imperfect and circular in reasoning. It's like asking, "How do you know the sky is Blue?" And receiving and answer, "Well, I know it's blue, because it looks blue." Within circular reasoning, and given enough repetition, people who speak and use the English language will change the structure of the language. Words become normalized by familiarization of their use. It does not have to be correct to seem correct. Words of any language will not always convey the intended idea. Regardless, if words are used correctly or incorrectly, as long as the words are used often enough to express an idea, the words become accepted and seem correct. It sounds correct, it seems familiar, so we use it. And ultimately, we explain any circular reasoning by saying, "There are exceptions to the rule" so just memorize it. Because... it just doesn't make sense.
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What happens if there are more than one Bible in the house, and I want the one on the table?
'Please bring the Gutenburg Bible that is on the table.' (Not the ones anywhere else.)...
This assumes the viewer knows that there is ONE Gutenberg bible.
This is great I'm learning 👌👌
Ok but what If I want to specify that the book is on the table ? What if it could be anywhere in the house and I'm specifying that it is on the table ?
this is a good explanation, but the "that vs. which" distinction is one we should officially move beyond. Like take vs. bring or few vs. less.
I will be making more videos soon. Great ideas :)!
thanks, understood now, after many videos
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So nice explanation, thanks madam
Well done mam
Let's use that runway....
which one?
The one that is lighted....or which is lighted? Or which is lit?.....🤔
Whichever one is available.
Great explanation and that is why I like numbers........
The Literary Book, which you read yesterday. Where is it?
The book that you read yesterday. Where is it?
Okay, I get it now. Thank you.
I’m missing something here. I want the Gutenberg Bible that is on the table. I am being specific because the person I am asking to get the bible needs to know where in the house it is located. I only have one bible but I need to be specific about where it it is. The information I am providing is essential to the sentence. According to your guidance my understanding is incorrect. Please advise? Thanks
It's hard for me to remember the rules, but I know what is right when I hear it...and usually when I write it, though I can't tell you why.
You prob read a lot so you know which sounds best.?
@@carolv8450 Oh, and I got straight "A"s in middle school grammar, "which" is where you actually learn grammar...middle school.
doug thompson I remember a teacher asking the class why we used certain parts of speech.
I told her I couldn’t remember why, it just sounded right - She was not happy with that answer.
@@carolv8450 Oh i know...they love names, which is fine...how else you gonna teach without calling something a word? But I got lost in all the 'present perfects' and 'future perfect and future past perfect imperfect perfectness" and all those things.
Madam,can we use both(that or which)for the same sentence.you talked about when to use that and when to use which.My question is can we use both for the same sentence?please explain.p Siva Rao,India.
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U've already given a description of the matter.What book?
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Clear like water, after spending days on other channels without understanding how to use and differentiate them. So mum you just hit the explonation.
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Madam,I have learnt from my teacher that which or that can be used for defining classes.I will give you one ex. The movie( that or which ) we saw last weekend was really good.please clarify.P Siva Rao,India.
The movie is too general (non-essential info) and the last part is essential to know what movie you saw -> that should be the answer ...if the sentence said "the action movie it'd be which cause the action movie provides essential info (at least that's what I think)
If the information after the [that or which] relative pronoun is needed to differentiate between similar things, then use "which."
For example -- IF you are talking about a very specific movie (and not possible for similar movies), then you'd say,
The Spiderman movie, which we saw last weekend, was really good. [The theater has only one Spiderman movie, so "which we saw last weekend" is not necessary to differentiate the movie from other, similar movies; it is non-essential].
IF you are talking about a movie but you don't name it and so you need to know the information in the descriptive phrase that comes after it to help clarify which movie you are talking about, then you'd say,
The movie that we saw last weekend was really good. [Unless you have "that we saw last weekend" the term "movie" is too general and thus the information that comes after it is necessary for you to clarify which movie you saw; it is essential].
That = essential info
Which = non-essential info
Hope that helps!
thanks a lot
so from what i can understand is for example you gonna say (the conjuring is a movie which is based on true events or i can say which has all of the terrifying features but i can't use that there because the information is already given like we know what movie we're talking about there only one movie that called the conjuring otherwise it'd have been the movie that has all the terrifying features is the conjuring here it's not essential to be the conjuring it could be any horror movie but to spacialize or classify what movie i am talking about we use that.
if in your examples in the video were like pink-striped or multiple same things we use that to point it out more cuz there is 2 things from the same thing
another example here depending on your explanation we should use which in this phrase (adidas is a company which provides stuff......)
here i guess beacuse we know which thing we're talking about so we use that please correct me if i am wrong but last thing i've heard teacher say in identifying clauses we can use both that or which is that right?
actually now after thinking a bit i guess there is a gap in your explanation or what you've said doesn't work all the time because in this example (i lost my glasses which are black at the beach) here even if you have more than one glasses and you wanna clarify which one you have to use which not that cuz the information is non-essential as other teachers explained like what you said is right but the information should be worth mentioning no matter the quantity right?
wow, I noted know.. thanks a lot
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What or which one? + that. I get this. TY. Yes , this makes sense. You have already defined the item . He said he was ill , which was a lie. The whole sentence makes the correlative.
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