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the "usage" of which becomes wrong cause it is a non essential modifier but in this case usage of "that" seems more apt.
Can someone please explain?
The way you can decide whether to use
That or
Which is by checking whether the sentence makes sense even after removing the modifier.
Tim Ferris wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, an eye-opening book,
that/which made it to the New York Times Best Seller List.
If we remove the modifier then the sentence becomes :
Tim Ferris wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, an eye-opening book.
This sentence is complete even without the modifier and the modifier is just giving more information about the book. Hence it is a non essential modifier and should use relative pronoun
which.
If this sentence is rephrased as : Tim Ferris' book
that/which made it to the New York Times Best Seller List, is an eye-opening book.
Now in this case the modifier in red is an essential modifier because if you were to remove it then the sentence would make no sense.
Tim Ferris' book is an eye-opening book.Which book are we referring to in this sentence ? Tim Ferris may have written a lot of books, hence the modifier is essential here to specify which book we are referring to in this sentence.
Tim Ferris' book
that made it to the New York Times Best Seller List, is an eye-opening book.