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goobster  ·  3070 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My Students Push Back

A test I use for "which" is to try removing it from the sentence entirely. If the sentence still works without it, then you were using it wrong.

From the examples above:

the gist you mention, is the main topic of the video

But I also really enjoyed The Ballad of Mr. Steak, a stylistic precursor to...

(the Tesla sentence is just poorly written and needs to be rewritten. Maybe: "The point I was trying to make is that Tesla isn't prevented from driving by transportation authorities...")