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
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).
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 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??
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).
You are correct! ( I used the example of a Gutenberg Bible because it is very rare and unlikely for someone to have multiple copies. Only 48 actual copies of the Gutenberg Bible exist.) You have the right idea ;)!
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.
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.
Yes!!!!! I know....! Why do we get education? That which will be left of education is what we call civilisation. If you need to ask : what car? The car that is red, is mine. Etc. My respects to Joyce Carol Oates...
So many things still do not make sense. To help us understand That vs Which, you started with good definitions, told us that essential and nonessential do not mean "important" and then lost me on the first example. I didn't understand, from your sentence structure, how you knew there was only one Gutenburg Bible. How many Bibles could there be on the table? Couldn't there also be many different versions of the Bible on the table? Is there enough information to know only one of them is a Gutenburg Bible? Perhaps there are many Bibles in this location. For example, do we have enough information to know there is only a Gutenburg on the table, and not another Gutenburg on a shelf? There could be so many possibilities, so how did you come to the conclusion that there was only one Gutenburg Bible? My point is, If there is one Gutenburg or many Bibles in the room, and it is essential (to differentiate between like things) that the other person, doing you a favor, knows that you want only the Gutenburg Bible from the table, shouldn't the word, "That" be used? If the person retrieving "That" Bible is unsure, wouldn't they ask an essential (important) question with the word, "Which"? (as a question, not as in nonessential). Which Gutenburg Bible? And wouldn't you respond with an essential word, "That" (to differentiate between like things) to clear it up? "That" Gutenburg Bible on the table (differentiating between like things). Or, you might be a difficult person and say, well, not "That" Gutenburg on the shelf. If the specific Gutenburg on the table is essential (important), and it is also necessary to communicate differentiation between like things, then should the word, "That" be used? I still do not understand why you used the word, "Which"? Couldn't we differentiate between like things, and be specific to speed things up by saying, Please bring me "That" Gutenburg Bible on the table. "That" is the word I thought we should use to differentiate between like items.
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?
How do I know the umbrella is from Target? If you don't tell me that the bible is on the table I won't know where to look. So confusing. This is the kind of stuff that puts people off grammar for life.
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.)...
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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!
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........
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 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
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.
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...
Another way simple way: use THAT after unknown or undefined matters, and use ,WHICH after known or defined matters
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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
the best explanation of which and that ever . thanks
You are the only person who has really managed to explain this difficult difference!!! You can't imagine how happy I am 🤗🤗🤗
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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).
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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 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??
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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).
You are correct! ( I used the example of a Gutenberg Bible because it is very rare and unlikely for someone to have multiple copies. Only 48 actual copies of the Gutenberg Bible exist.)
You have the right idea ;)!
Very well explained. Thank you so much!!
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.
It's very helpful thanks
It's really useful information.
perfect explaining,thanks.
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.
you have given a clear concept about that and which.thank you so much.
Perfect explanation
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Thank you :)! So glad it helped!
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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.
Great explanation ..keep it up
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Thank you
Very clear and easy way to explain this issue...I think I've gotten it now, thank you!
This is such a great tool! Thank you!
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Yes!!!!! I know....! Why do we get education? That which will be left of education is what we call civilisation. If you need to ask : what car? The car that is red, is mine. Etc. My respects to Joyce Carol Oates...
So many things still do not make sense. To help us understand That vs Which, you started with good definitions, told us that essential and nonessential do not mean "important" and then lost me on the first example. I didn't understand, from your sentence structure, how you knew there was only one Gutenburg Bible. How many Bibles could there be on the table? Couldn't there also be many different versions of the Bible on the table? Is there enough information to know only one of them is a Gutenburg Bible? Perhaps there are many Bibles in this location. For example, do we have enough information to know there is only a Gutenburg on the table, and not another Gutenburg on a shelf? There could be so many possibilities, so how did you come to the conclusion that there was only one Gutenburg Bible? My point is, If there is one Gutenburg or many Bibles in the room, and it is essential (to differentiate between like things) that the other person, doing you a favor, knows that you want only the Gutenburg Bible from the table, shouldn't the word, "That" be used? If the person retrieving "That" Bible is unsure, wouldn't they ask an essential (important) question with the word, "Which"? (as a question, not as in nonessential). Which Gutenburg Bible? And wouldn't you respond with an essential word, "That" (to differentiate between like things) to clear it up? "That" Gutenburg Bible on the table (differentiating between like things). Or, you might be a difficult person and say, well, not "That" Gutenburg on the shelf. If the specific Gutenburg on the table is essential (important), and it is also necessary to communicate differentiation between like things, then should the word, "That" be used? I still do not understand why you used the word, "Which"? Couldn't we differentiate between like things, and be specific to speed things up by saying, Please bring me "That" Gutenburg Bible on the table. "That" is the word I thought we should use to differentiate between like items.
Respected Ma'am, you are earnestly entreated to join the following sentences with Relative Clause -He had a duty to do.The duty was difficult.
I like what you say. BUT PLEASE... the word is SEN-Tence. Not senance.
The book= what book. Necessary To differentiate between like things . Yes . Hit home. TY.
This presentation would be stronger if it had explained why many excellent writers use “which” for essential relative clauses.
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?
Madam,very well explained .P Siva Rao,India.
I just wondering if she has a facebook account or any site to see other explanation for her
The name already reveals what bible, so which is correct. Ask yourself the question What book? I get this.
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 :)!
How do I know the umbrella is from Target? If you don't tell me that the bible is on the table I won't know where to look. So confusing. This is the kind of stuff that puts people off grammar for life.
U've already given a description of the matter.What book?
Is it the only use of That and Which or there are other rules of using them?
What book? that .....
He said he was ill, which was not true. The whole clause as a correlative+ which....
Practical method to teach about defining clauses and non - defining clauses.
You teach well but I think that You speak very fast I can understand but think about the people that don't know so Well :)
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.)...
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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Another video that doesn’t clarify anything.
That or which can and are used the same way.
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 assumes the viewer knows that there is ONE Gutenberg bible.
Of course the Americans use bible analogies to teach language
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.
Yes. The definition after the pronoun differentiates the item.
Hi is that the only difference how many things are there of the thing that i'm mentioning
Jasmine is a flower _ is white and fragrant. Which / that?
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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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!
I just can’t make it out between what is essential and what is not XD
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Mam you are the only person that has explained it clearly.
What is Target, in the example?
It starts with the capital T.
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It was really helpful ..Thanks a lot
At about 5:30, she lost me at "more unique".
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Çan use comma with which is important or not
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"that is from target" what does that mean can anyone tell me ?
"Target" is a brand for a department store. It is a proper noun.
What we learn once will remain. Thank you, Joyce Carol Oates.
She explains nothing.
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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........
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I.e. clauses
What is nanilgation
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 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
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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.
I guess I never really understood english :( That which is мой native language)
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...
Ditto Przemek's comment. This was an excellent explanation.
Thank you.
Well done mam