Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses Practice

What word requires a comma next to it?

• that

• but

• which

• and

Which word does NOT require a comma near it?

• which

• that

• or

• nor

If you can remove the information from the sentence and still understand it, you should use:

• which

• that

• because

• if

If the information is necessary to understand the whole sentence, you should use:

• therefore

• however

• that

• which

What should you look for to decide between using 'which' or 'that'?

• The presence of a comma

• The tense of the verb

• The length of the sentence

• The number of nouns