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I did a web search using “which that you,” because without “you,” you get a lot of hits that use “that” as a demonstrative instead of as a relative pronoun.

I think it’s a good idea to search the Web for examples, but you’ve got to account for the fact that lots of people make mistakes, esp. in English, which so many people speak as a second language.

It’s best to limit your data to web sites that can reasonably be expected to be correct. Traditionally, publishers were considered to be authoratative, but lately a lot of newspapers have been very sloppy on their web sites. Try using ‘.edu’ and ignoring pages that were written by students.

“The moose and the wapiti are the largest members of the deer family that are found in North America, Europe, and Asia.”

At first, I was confused whether to use “that” or “which”. But, now that I think about it, they are both wrong: the usage of a relative pronoun is wrong in the first place. The problem is, I am not able to pinpoint the reason why the usage of a relative pronoun is wrong in this sentence. Could you please help me with this?

“The moose and the wapiti are the largest members of the deer family, which are found in North America, Europe, and Asia.”

“The moose and the wapiti are the largest members of the deer family that are found in North America, Europe, and Asia.”

First, I was confused whether I should use “that” or “which.” But now that I think about it, they are both wrong. I think the sentence must read “The moose and the wapiti are the largest members of the deer family, AND are found in North America, Europe, and Asia.”
Why is it that neither “that” nor “which” is correct in this sentence?

Though honestly it sounds to me like this is a question of context. To use the blue car example, if my audience knows that I only have one car, then ‘my car that is blue’ is not exclusionary and means exactly the same thing as ‘my car.’

I think I have been using ‘which’ more often in clauses where I was describing some activity. e.g., I prefer

‘the modal window which displays the instructions’

to

‘the modal window that displays the instructions’

and even after reading this article and realizing why it’s not technically correct….I still think it sounds better. So, where can I petition to get the grammar rules changed ?

@Michael I don’t think ordinary grammar rules apply to logic statements including equals signs. And, capitalization is not a spelling rule.