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The second common variant to the direct sentence is to add a comment or definition by means of a which clause.

The book also suffers more than usual from Elshtain's prose style, which is earnest at best and plodding at worst.

Set off by commas, the which clause can be left out without disrupting the meaning of the main clause.

His future, which initially appeared to be circumscribed by poverty and ignorance, was drastically altered when he entered primary school.

Users include the local reindeer, which are said to become drunk and disorderly after feasting on the mushrooms.

Software firms that had not existed two years earlier, such as CyberCash, Yahoo, Spyglass, Spry and Ubique, commanded huge sums as they went public or were bought by established firms.

A that clause, by contrast, defines a noun and thus is not set off by punctuation.

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