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which => that





They're exactly equivalent. What are you hoping to correct?

So I guess I get to be the grumpy grammarian. Whee for me.

I'm making an observation. I try to spot language change. And "which" has been popping up in stupid places, at the expense of "that".

There is a real difference between "which" and "that", whether Joe Sixpack gives a damn or not. And nowadays a lot of people seem to be inappropriately overusing "which", and it seems to be driven by UK speakers.

Here's a sample explanation: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/grammar/which-vs-that

I should be making a collection of the most OTT examples.


They're obviously not.

It's a Britticism (AFAICT) making inroads.


Oh no, not the British influencing the English language! I can't be arsed* about which vs. that when "on accident" has become semi-accepted (as the opposite of "on purpose"). Yuck.

What do you hope to accomplish by making random false statements?

Wot

Britticisms? In English? The hell you say!

Well, we know they cannot spell.



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