Medgadget Weblog Awards: Polls are open! January 3, 2007
Posted by Bertalan Meskó in Scienceroll.trackback
The competition begins… Please vote for me as Scienceroll could be the best new medical blog in 2006. I hope I can maintain a good level, to serve you fine and interesting posts. I have no doubt about that further articles on that poll are on their way…
This year, because of so many candidates, we had to break two categories (Best Medical and Best New) into two polls each. In each poll, you can vote for a weblog.
By the way, I don’t care about Best medical blog, Scienceroll has no chance in that category after just 2.5 months. So the aim is the Best new medical blog category.
Polls will close at midnight on Sunday, January 14, 2007 (PST).
Thank you , Darmok, for the suggestion, your help is always welcome.
I voted for you, and you’re doing well!
By the way, while one may vote on an issue (“the Senate will vote on the bill next week”), one votes for (or against) a specific person or position (“I thought the senator would vote against the bill, but she voted for it”).
I made that correction, thank you! My other grammar problem is when to use that/ which in a sentence.
The distinction between that and which isn’t terribly important; in casual speech, they’re sometimes used interchangeably (which is why you are confused). My beloved Chicago Manual of Style explains the difference as follows:
That is restrictive—it narrows or specifies a topic. “I like the post that had the strange search terms” — the that clause narrows down the category from all posts to a specific set or one. Confusingly, it answers the question “Which?”: “May I borrow your book?” “Which book?” “The book that has all the pictures of Mars.”
Which is nonrestrictive—it doesn’t narrow the topic, it adds detail. “Ncurse’s ‘Body Baker’ post, which had some great images, was very entertaining.” The which clause is sort of parenthetical, and usually will be set off by commas, dashes, or parentheses. It may be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence.
If this doesn’t make sense, don’t worry; it’s not all that important. I should also point out that both those words have other meanings and uses, but they are different and there’s really no danger of confusion. “I love that show!” “Which way did he go?” are both pretty clear.
Perfect explanation, thanks Darmok.
You’re welcome!