From: Jonathan Wakely (cow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-29 11:20:36
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:46:47AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
> Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > A tag encapsulates one or more aspects of the kind of type.
> >
> > Tags which only encapsulate variations of a single aspect are called
> > *aspect tags* in the following text (see reference).
> >
> > ^^^
> > links to:
>
> Lovely! "which" should be "that," though, at least by U.S. English
> rules" Normally, "which" should only follow a comma in a fragment that
> could be removed without altering the meaning of a sentence, as in "I
> felt lousy, which might have been good since I didn't want to go
> anyway."
That seems wrong to me. A style-guide which requires that is being a
bit picky IMHO.
c.f. Chambers:
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?title=21st&query=which
Your rule seems only to apply to the 3rd definition, which is not the
sense in which Tobias is using "which".
jon