The Problems, Rhetorical and Grammatical, in the Teaching of That and Wich in Nonrestrictive and Restrictive Adjectival Clauses
The use of that and which in adjectival restrictive clauses has long been defined by teachers ofgrammar and composition: that and which are interchangeable in such clauses. However, some of themost distinguished grarnmarians and theoreticians of English usage claim that that and which shouldnot be u...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2004 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/4466 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/4466 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Inglés como lengua extranjera enseñanza cláusulas subordinadas EFL English as a Foreign Language teaching subordinate clauses |
| Sumario: | The use of that and which in adjectival restrictive clauses has long been defined by teachers ofgrammar and composition: that and which are interchangeable in such clauses. However, some of themost distinguished grarnmarians and theoreticians of English usage claim that that and which shouldnot be used interchangeably. No less experts than W.H. Fowler, Theodore Bemstein, and FredrickCrews, in stark contrast to the accepted classroom decorum for these words, recornmend strongly thatthat be used exclusively for restrictive clauses and which for nonrestrictive ones. This debate, largelyignoreed in the texts and referencebooks used for instruction, is reviewed, analyzed, and assessed inthis article. |
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