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What is the difference between which/who and that ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between which/who and that ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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In inglese americano, le parole "which" e "who" sono usate per riferirsi a persone, mentre "that" è usato per riferirsi a persone o cose. La differenza principale tra "which/who" e "that" è che "which/who" sono più specifici e spesso vengono utilizzati quando si fa riferimento a qualcosa di specifico o limitato, mentre "that" è più generico e può essere utilizzato in una varietà di contesti.
Ad esempio:
- The woman who lives next door is a doctor. (La donna che abita accanto è un medico.)
- The book which I borrowed from the library is very interesting. (Il libro che ho preso in prestito dalla biblioteca è molto interessante.)
- The car that I bought last week is red. (La macchina che ho comprato la settimana scorsa è rossa.)
In generale, "which" e "who" sono più comuni in contesti formali o letterari, mentre "that" è più comune nel linguaggio parlato e scritto informale. La scelta tra queste parole dipende spesso dallo stile e dal tono del testo in cui vengono utilizzate.
Ad esempio:
- The woman who lives next door is a doctor. (La donna che abita accanto è un medico.)
- The book which I borrowed from the library is very interesting. (Il libro che ho preso in prestito dalla biblioteca è molto interessante.)
- The car that I bought last week is red. (La macchina che ho comprato la settimana scorsa è rossa.)
In generale, "which" e "who" sono più comuni in contesti formali o letterari, mentre "that" è più comune nel linguaggio parlato e scritto informale. La scelta tra queste parole dipende spesso dallo stile e dal tono del testo in cui vengono utilizzate.
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We use the word, who, when we need someone to tell us who did some verb because we don't know.
Sarah: Who called me?
Lucy: Thomas called you.
We use the word, which, when we need to separate one item from a group of items.
Which pants make my ass look huge: the red pants, the blue pants or the green pants?
I just don't know which direction to go, north, south, east or west.
We use the word, that, to keep from repeating a previously stated noun. We do this especially in spoken English.
Lisa is the girl that you met at the concert. (Lisa is the girl- the girl that you met at the concert.)
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