[Gllug] rma rejected + the worst grammer +ever+

Dylan dylan at dylan.me.uk
Tue Jul 5 22:31:51 UTC 2005


On Tuesday 05 Jul 2005 22:51, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I recently returned a motherboard I bought from Komplett.
>
> "that I bought"

Actually, restrictive (and non-restrictive) relative clauses in English 
are perfectly acceptable with or without the relativising subordinator. 
If you want to be pedantic, though, "which" is the (most) correct for 
an inanimate referent.

Dylan

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