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that or which
What’s up with THAT?
by, Jill Swenson
September 19, 2017

As an editor I see one four letter word overused and abused more than any other. T. H. A. T. That. Many times it serves no grammatical purpose whatsoever. It is a filler word. You use it in conversation to signal to others a pause, like a verbal comma, to give the impression to a listener you haven’t finished speaking.  In writing, however, it is… [Read More]

Filed Under: conjunction, filler words, Mary Norris, nonrestrictive clauses, pronoun, restrictive clauses, subordinate clauses, That, that or which, The Comma Queen, who or that
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