Manhattan SC Q

[saurabhkhatri]

Hi,

The following is a SC Modifiers Q in Manhattan SC Modifiers Chapter:
Regina returned the dress to the store, which was torn at one of the seams.
Correction given is:
Regina returned the dress, which was torn at one of the seams, to the store.

Isn't and essential modifier required to identify the dress in question? If No, Can you help me understand the error with the following

Regina returned the dress that was torn at one of the seams to the store.

Thanks in advance!

[saurabhkhatri]

Manhattan faculty humbly request you to please provide an answer to the above question.

[tim]

first, be careful bumping questions. every time you do that it puts the question at the absolute end of the queue for us to answer. bumping a question is the most effective way to cause a delay in getting your question answered..

there is not an error in your example. it could go either way, depending on how many dresses there are. if there is only one dress, you can use "which" because you do not need to identify which dress you are talking about. if there are multiple dresses, "that" is appropriate in order to specify the particular dress we're talking about..