On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:49:55 +0100, "Mike Lyle"
<mike_lyle_uk@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> tickled the keyboard to say:
>Gran wrote:
>[...]
>> Now we get into dear old Microsoft and its rather vague way of
>> suggesting alternatives when checking. It frequently wants to
>replace
>> 'which' with 'that' and I wondered if there's something basic I'm
>> missing (like education).
>>
>> Bear with me - I'm willing to learn!
>
>Ah, another Micrsoft victim! Ignore that bastard: it's got a
>more-American-than-the-Americans thing about "that". I don't actually
>think this which-that choice is something which (see that one? it
>could have been a "that") adult native speakers of English actually
>get wrong, which (see that one? it could NOT have been a "that") is
>nice.
I just thought of where 'that' doesn't fit .....
"That colour do you prefer?"
Maybe I'll make my on rule (see that which I've invented ) and stick
with it.
Thanks guys. Sometimes it helps just to unload that which bothers one.
(I hate 'one' but that's another story which I''ll go into another
time.)
--
Gran
Last night I dreamt I had written 'Lord Of The Rings'.
This morning I realised I'd just been Tolkein in my sleep.
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