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From: Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com>
Newsgroups: alt.languages.english
Subject: Re: Looking for appropriate world
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:42:28 -0800
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In article <3706snF58epfsU1@individual.net>,
"I. R. Khan" <ir_khan@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks again. I want to write something like this:
>
> "In a graphics application, the roadsigns THAT offer directions are
> generally represented by an image file. To reduce the size of data, we will
> represent these signs by a small text file and a single color."
>
> Is the usage of THAT correct, or should it be THOSE or WHICH?
Not "those." "That" works, as does "which." Which may be more formal.
It also MIGHT be the British preferred, but you'd have to ask one of
them to be sure ;)
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