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Subject: which vs. that после длинной распространенной фразы which вроде относится к последнему слову, а если поставить that, то ко всей фразе:Response to teleregulation that has bad quality that - ко всей фразе,т.е. к response Т.о.: Ответ на телерегулирование, имеющИЙ плохое качество Response to teleregulation which has bad quality which - к teleregulation. Т.о.: ответ на телерегулирование, имеющЕЕ плохое качество Я прав или нет? |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/which.html I must confess that I do not myself observe the distinction between “that” and “which.” Furthermore, there is little evidence that this distinction is or has ever been regularly made in past centuries by careful writers of English. However, a small but impassioned group of authorities has urged the distinction; so here is the information you will need to pacify them. If you are defining something by distinguishing it from a larger class of which it is a member, use “that”: “I chose the lettuce that had the fewest wilted leaves.” When the general class is not being limited or defined in some way, then “which” is appropriate: “He made an iceberg Caesar salad, which didn’t taste quite right.” Note that “which” is normally preceded by a comma, but “that” is not. Comments on this issue by Jack Lynch. |
| Big THANX for the trouble!!!! %) |
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Если посмотреть грамматики (напр., старую добрую грамматику Гордон и Крыловой), то which 1) может относиться к одуш. и неодуш. существительным 2) семантически selects one or more out of a definite number of persons or things 3) is often followed by an of-phrase (eg, which of your friends...) 4) sunject, predicative and object clauses can be introduced by conjunctive pronouns who(whom), whose, WHICH, how much and how many. THAT is no longer a oncjunctive pronoun when it introduces one of these clauses, but a mere conjunction (eg, That he is going to resign is no secret. I know that he is no fool). 5) can be preceded by a preposition ( eg, ...of which... ...about which...). |
| Which нельзя относить к одушевленным существительным (imo) |
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Вообще-то можно, см. It is used of persons or things... Eg, Which of the STUDENTS (=selective meaning) have answered all the questions correctly? |
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Ok, I gotcha! I meant somehting else - eg. you cannot say "Attorney WHICH defended me....blah-blah". |
| I guess you can not say so, unless you imply some choice. |
| mind you, don't drop a comma before 'which'! |
| Yes, thank you! |
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link 21.02.2006 13:05 |
| the attorney WHO defended me (ie. the attorney who defended me in court was a complete moron and now i am in jail.) --- an attorney is alive |
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