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Spideyman

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And by the way... is it 'which' or 'that,' and 'cause' or causes?' (Or does it have to do with one of those double 'that' exception rules?)
:run_pig:
which/ that:

Rule 3. If that has already appeared in a sentence, writers sometimes use which to introduce the next clause, whether it is essential or nonessential. This is done to avoid awkward formations.

Example: That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
This sentence is far preferable to the ungainly but technically correct That that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Remembering to use that with restrictive clauses and which with nonrestrictive clauses is the best method, but the quick and dirty tip of using which when you could throw out the clause will also get you to the right answer most of the time. -

As nouns the difference between cause and causes
is that cause is the source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result while causes is .
As verbs the difference between cause and causes
is that cause is to set off an event or action while causes is (cause).

Now I remember why I dislike grammar.:m_spin:
 

DiO'Bolic

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which/ that:

Rule 3. If that has already appeared in a sentence, writers sometimes use which to introduce the next clause, whether it is essential or nonessential. This is done to avoid awkward formations.

Example: That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
This sentence is far preferable to the ungainly but technically correct That that doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Remembering to use that with restrictive clauses and which with nonrestrictive clauses is the best method, but the quick and dirty tip of using which when you could throw out the clause will also get you to the right answer most of the time. -

As nouns the difference between cause and causes
is that cause is the source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result while causes is .
As verbs the difference between cause and causes
is that cause is to set off an event or action while causes is (cause).
Thanks for making my head spin. :ambivalence:

Now I remember why I dislike grammar.:m_spin:

Ya gots that right, sister!

But Ms Mod loves and lives it. I always though she was one sick puppy. I guess this confirms it. :)
 

DiO'Bolic

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:facepalm_smiley: I went to public schools, so no nuns for teachers and wasn't a parochial school although there were plenty around when we moved to MA.
I was just about make a ‘one-room schoolhouse’ wisecrack... before remembering I pretty much went to one. We only had about 12 kids in each class of our school, and 1st&2nd , 3rd&4th , 5th&6th, 7th&8th grades were combined into the same classroom.
 

Spideyman

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:facepalm_smiley: I went to public schools, so no nuns for teachers and wasn't a parochial school although there were plenty around when we moved to MA.
So your knuckles are not arthritic , and you do not carry a tape measure with you to ck that your skirt is at least 2 inches below you knees, you can see a picture of saddle shoes without screaming and not be fearful to chew gum????
I had some really nice nuns, and then again I had some that had to be the incarnation of satan himself. Me bad!