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Basic Principle: A pronoun usually refers to something earlier
in the text (its antecedent) and must agree in number —
singular/plural — with the thing to which it refers.
Which Hunt
If you wish to write naturally, don’t fuss too much about the
usage of that versus which. Obsessive correction (what has
sarcastically been called a “which hunt”) is best avoided. If
your sense of the language is not strong enough to be sure of
the right pronoun, use
that for the restrictive cases and
which
for the others and you won’t go wrong.
Exercises
Exercise on That and Which
Gender-Free Legal Writing
– Managing The Personal Pronouns by
Arthur L. Close, Q.C.. British Columbia Law Institute, 1998
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one that avoids the pronouns entirely. This manual explores a
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