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		<title>That vs. which</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ivy Wigmore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which is correct? The most common method of wiping a hard drive is using a hard drive eraser ___________ overwrites data to render it unreadable. a. product, which b. product, that c. product that Answer: a. Explanation: Use a comma and &#8220;which&#8221; with nonrestrictive clauses. Nonrestrictive clauses add information but aren&#8217;t essential to the meaning [...]]]></description>
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Which is correct?</strong><br />
The most common method of wiping a hard drive is using a hard drive eraser ___________ overwrites data to render it unreadable.<br />
a. product, which<br />
b. product, that<br />
c. product that</p>
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<strong>Answer: a.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Explanation:</strong><br />
Use a comma and &#8220;which&#8221; with nonrestrictive clauses. Nonrestrictive clauses add information but aren&#8217;t essential to the meaning of the sentence. <a href="http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/definition/hard-drive-overwriter">Hard drive erasers</a> all work by overwriting data, so the addition isn&#8217;t required &#8212; it just explains how those products work.</p>
<p>Use &#8220;that&#8221; without a comma with restrictive clauses. A restrictive clause is essential for meaning. For example:</p>
<p>The most common method of <a href="http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/wipe">wiping a hard drive</a> is using a product that overwrites data to render it unreadable.</p>
<p>The restrictive clause is &#8220;that overwrites data to render it unreadable&#8221; and we need it to understand the sentence because if we just say &#8220;The most common method of wiping a hard drive is using a product,&#8221; that doesn&#8217;t give us much information.</p>
<p><a href="http://grammar.about.com/od/basicsentencegrammar/a/restrnonradjc03.htm">Richard Nordquist </a>provides more explanation of restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses.</p>
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