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There is this sentence.

> たたみとかしょうじと（ ）日本的なものに興味があります。

From といった and といって, which suits better here? Why?

Along with that can someone please explain what difference is made when といって
changes to といった?
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といった vs といって. What is correct? Why?
Only using 「といっ **た** 」 would be correct. Use 「といっ **て** 」 and the sentence
will **_not_** make much sense. It is not even a question of which one is
"better".

> 「Enumerated items + といった + Noun」

should be remembered almost as a set phrase meaning:

> "(Noun) such as (enumerated items)"

Thus,

> 「たたみとかしょうじ **といった** 日本的{にほんてき}なもの」

means:

> "Japanese things such as tatami and shouji"

「～～といっ **た** 」, therefore, is used to introduce actual examples of what one is
talking about.

「～～といっ **て** 」, however, is very different. It is used to tell the
listener/reader what certain items are called **_and then_** to make an
explanatory statement about those items. I am sure that **you have learned to
use the てｰform of a verb as a conjunction**.

For instance, you can say by pointing your finger to the items:

> 「これらは、それぞれ『たたみ』、『しょうじ』といっ **て** 、日本で家{いえ}を建{た}てる時{とき}に使{つか}われるものです。」
>
> "These are called 'tatami' and 'shouji', respectively, and they are items
> used in building houses in Japan."
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