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THAT and WHICH

By Dr_Ron_Rower Posted on July 7, 2013 Posted in Blog, Punctuation 2 Comments

A reader wrote asking about the correct use of the relative pronouns that and which. I give quite a number of examples of their use in relative clauses but had overlooked listing the rules governing their use. I’ve now added …

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Cat and Adverb

By Dr_Ron_Rower Posted on June 1, 2013 Posted in Blog, Poetry No Comments

When reading prose, we usually can follow the train of thought without having to pay particular attention to syntax. But poems often require us to deal consciously with syntax -— in fact, I originally wrote Grammar Once and for All …

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