Snacks of Doom; sherbert lemon; Grammar

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "yael-pou" <yael_pou at h...> wrote:
> > > Amy: "It's easy to test for whether to use "that" or "which," 
> > > too, but in common usage they're often used in one another's 
> > > place, so that people learn a very mixed-up version."
> > 
> > I didn't know there was a difference *looking around, 
embarrassed*. 
> > Sometimes one sounds better, and sometimes the other. I'd be very 
> > happy to learn about it, if anyone feels like teaching me.
> 
> Ditto
> 

Very loosely - use 'which' after a commenting clause, use 'that' 
after a defining clause. Even more loosely, a commenting clause is 
followed by a comma. So -

	This is the wand that killed Cedric.

	This is Voldemort's wand, which killed Cedric.

Well, that's the way I was taught to do it anyway. Many moons ago ...

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