That or which 2

Do you have problems choosing between the relative pronouns that and which? Many people do. Here’s a tip: Use that to introduce adjective clauses that provide essential information about the noun they modify. Use which to introduce adjective clauses that merely provide additional, non-essential information. (A non-essential clause beginning with which is set off with a comma or commas.)

1. Aline really liked the watch her family gave her as a birthday gift.

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2. Her brother bought the watch at Birks is located in the Rideau Centre in Ottawa.

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3. Jasmine decided to wear her pearl pendant necklace she bought in Mallorca, Spain.

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4. Jasmine decided to wear the earrings matched her pearl pendant necklace.

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5. The cottage Michel bought is on Sharbot Lake in Ontario.

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6. The 2003 film The Snow Walker won six Leo Awards, was based on a short story by Canadian author Farley Mowat.

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7. Five-year-old Isabella was thoroughly enjoying the gelato her father bought her.

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