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"which" vs "this" (beehaw.org)
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So, Grammarly is correcting me a lot on a phrase I tend to use, and I don't entirely understand the difference.

On a sentence that expands upon a previous sentence in dialog, I tend to have a character say "Which means [...]"

Grammarly wants to fix this to be "This means [...]"

It's become clear to me that I tend to use 'which' instead of 'this' when speaking, but I am not sure why one is preferred use over the other.

Can anyone offer me some insight? I already tried googling "which vs this", but I got results for "which vs that" instead, which is an entirely different use case.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to say I much prefer "Which means..." rather than "This means..." in these kinds of cases. It sounds far more natural to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@asterisk @Zagaroth Better “which means” than “mean witches”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I get a drum roll here, please? ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Zagaroth Sorry I’m late! Drum Kit Guy is getting a checkup. We have some sick drums, just not the ones we wanted. #rimshot #TheAmazingWorldofGumball