I suspect one of the reasons choosing when to use
that instead of
which is in part to blame on the ever-evolving nature of the language. If you read books written in the first half of the 20th century, they were used interchangeably--or rather,
which was used where both words are now.
This is one of those situations where you need to know a bit of grammar, namely, what's meant by a "nonrestrictive element." The element is either a phrase, which is a group of words, or a cla…
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