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Grammar and Linguistics > that ´s why or which is why?
that ´s why or which is why?
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Bonca
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that ´s why or which is why?
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Dear Colleagues,
I found this sentence in an exercise on relative clauses.
My uncle is rich, ........ is why I borrrowed some money from him. Can I use both pronouns (that , which) here?
Thank you for help! |
13 Jan 2011
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MoodyMoody
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I ´m just going with my first reaction as an American English speaker; I ´m not going by any rule. For me, I would say, "My uncle is rich, and that is why I borrowed some money from him," or "My uncle is rich, which is why I borrowed some money from him." I don ´t really have a good grammatical reason why I prefer the "and" with that, but I do. |
13 Jan 2011
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suhakhader
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Hi,
I believe that the sentence would go like this: My uncle is rich, that is why I borrrowed some money from him.
Actually, I haven ´t heard of: ..........which is why.......... . before!
I agree with Moody.
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13 Jan 2011
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youness
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I think it is a must to use that because ( That is why ) is an expression used to show the result of doing something. That is why is equal to so that
For example when I say( Reema ´s car didn ´t work probably that is why She arrived late.
AllAH Knows ( God knows) |
13 Jan 2011
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tulpen25
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suhak...,
moody actually said they ´d use that with and but in the orignal sentence (without and), they would use which ;)
which is why.... most definitely exists :) |
13 Jan 2011
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Zora
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I ´d say both options are correct in that sentence - with or without Moody ´s *and* - which I ´d say is just a matter of what sounds better to each speaker. 
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14 Jan 2011
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memthefirst
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´youness � "That ´s why" doesnt express result but reason
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14 Jan 2011
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yanogator
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OK, here ´s how I see it.
In the given sentence, there is a comma:
My uncle is rich, ........ is why I borrrowed some money from him.
This means that they want one sentence, so we have to use the relative pronoun (which). If you use "that", it has to start a new sentence.
My uncle is rich. That is why I borrrowed some money from him.
I hope this helps you.
Bruce |
14 Jan 2011
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alien boy
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Bruce, I ´m with you on that one. The comma is important!
if ´and � (conjunction) had been used instead of the comma then ´that � would have been the correct option to use.
Regards, AB |
14 Jan 2011
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arkel
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I agree with Bruce and Alien boy. We use which after a comma.
Regards, Rosemary
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14 Jan 2011
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