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which do you want? (offering one) ¿cuál quieres?; (offering two or more) ¿cuáles quieres?; I can't tell which is which no sé cuál es cuál; which of you did it? ¿cuál de vosotros lo hizo?; which of you is Kathleen? ¿cuál de vosotras es Kathleen?; I don't know which to choose no sé cuál escoger; tell me which you like best dime cuáles te gustan más; I don't mind which no me importa cuál the letter which came this morning was from my niece la carta que llegó esta mañana era de mi sobrina; it's an illness which causes nerve damage es una enfermedad que daña los nervios; do you remember the house which we saw last week? ¿te acuerdas de la casa que vimos la semana pasada?; the bear which I saw el oso que vi your letter, which I received this morning, cheered me up tu carta, que or (formal) la cual he recibido esta mañana, me ha levantado el ánimo; the bull which I'm talking about el toro del que or (formal) del cual estoy hablando; the meeting which we attended la reunión a la que or (formal) a la cual asistimos; the hotel at which we stayed el hotel en el que or (formal) en el cual nos hospedamos; the cities to which we are going las ciudades a las que or (formal) a las cuales vamos which house do you live in? ¿en qué casa vives?; which day are they coming? ¿qué día vienen?; I don't know which tie he wants no sé qué corbata quiere; which picture do you prefer? ¿qué cuadro prefieres?; ¿cuál de los cuadros prefieres?; which option do you prefer? ¿cuál de las alternativas prefieres?

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search our site Should I put a comma before "which" and "who"? "Which" without a comma heads a defining clause, and "which" with a comma heads a non-defining clause. That's the quick answer. We'll return to this. Writers often ask whether they should put a comma before "which" and "who." Unfortunately, the answer isn't quick, but it's simple enough. Before we discuss the grammar, here are two quick workarounds to determine whether the comma is needed. (These also work with "who.") (Workaround 1) The "That" Test. If you can replace your "which" with "that," don't use commas with your "which." • The fruit which I bought on Tuesday has turned rotten. (I'm still undecided whether I need commas at this point.) • The fruit that I bought on Tuesday has turned rotten. (The "that" version sounds okay, so no commas are required. In the US, "which" without a comma is always replaced with "that" or deleted. Brits are increasingly following that trend too.) • The fruit which I bought on Tuesday has turned rotten. (This is correct without commas. Remember that US writers would opt for the "that" version.) Let's do another example about my dog: • Dexter which I've had for two years can now open the fridge. (I'm still undecided whether I need commas at this point.) • Dexter that I've had for two years can now open the fridge. (The "that" version sounds stilted, so commas are required.) • Dexter, which I've had for two years, can now open the fridge. (This is correct with commas. Using "th...

Copyright ©1995-2018 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use. One of the more challenging grammar concepts in the English language is the difference between the words that and which. Both serve a similar purpose, but the meaning of the sentence can change depending on which one you use. The resources below break down the grammar rules associated with that and which and describes when to use each one. Using That Whether to use that and which depends on whether the clause it introduces is restrictive or non-restrictive. A restrictive clause means that the information in the clause is necessary to understand the preceding noun. For a restrictive clause, use that. Let’s look at some sample sentences: Example 3: The chair[noun] in my kitchen that has a broken leg[restrictive clause] is dangerous to sit on. Once again, this sentence indicates there are multiple chairs in the kitchen, making it important to include a restrictive clause. Note that the restrictive clause does not necessarily need to be positioned immediately after the noun. Using Which Use which when the information in the clause isn’t necessary to understanding the noun in the sentence. This sort of clause is a non-restrictive clause. There is one other important distinction between restr...

logical indicating if the value of arrayInd() should have (non-null) dimnames at all. Value If arr.ind == FALSE (the default), an integer vector, or a double vector if x is a long vector, with length equal to sum(x), i.e., to the number of TRUEs in x. Basically, the result is (1:length(x))[x] in typical cases; more generally, including when x has which(x) is seq_along(x)[!is.na(x) & x] plus x has. If arr.ind == TRUE and x is an arrayInd(which(x), dim(x), dimnames(x)), namely a matrix whose rows each are the indices of one element of x; see Examples below. See Also a, match(a, x) is equivalent to min(which(x == a)) but much more efficient. # NOT RUN Run the code above in your browser using

Even though these pronouns seem interchangeable, they’re not. There are specific times to use each one. Here are some quick ways to remember whether who, that, and which are the right words to use. • • • That overlaps meaning with who and which. So, why can’t you use that in every situation? It turns out that when you use these pronouns to introduce Who is only appropriate when talking about people or plural groups of individual people, such as teachers, men, children, and actors. You can use who in either a non-restrictive or restrictive clause. Here are some examples of who as a relative pronoun. • The store manager, who is friends with my dad, can get us a deal on a dining table. • The runner who won the race is a cancer survivor. • My sister, who lives three miles away, is coming over this afternoon. • This is my friend Charlie, who I met back in college. • The scientists who discovered the vaccine are attending the conference. In each of these sentences, the relative clause after who clarifies more about the noun that precedes it. The sentences with non-restrictive clauses (with a comma) still make sense if you take the relative clause out, while the sentences with restrictive clauses (no comma) must keep who in place. You can use that to describe objects, groups, or non-humans. That is a relative pronoun used in restrictive clauses without commas. For example: • The contract that defines my work hours is on your desk. • Janice called the bakery that makes John’s favo...