HOW TO REMEMBER : RELATIVE PRONOUNS ( use of which )

 

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

2. WHICH

"Which" is applied to animals, inanimate objects, and at times to sentences.

Examples:

• This is the typewriter which I used, (which" in the nominative case.)
• The leopard which is in the cage will be rescued. ("which" in the objective case.)

"Who" and "which" are used in two instances.

i. To emphasise the antecedent when the clause brought in by the relative pronoun is defining (or) to limit the antecedent when the clause brought in by the relative pronouns is restrictive.

Examples:

• The man, who was painting a picture, turned around.
• The man who was painting a picture turned around.

In example 1, the clause "who was painting a picture" defines the "man" from among many others. In example 2, he is the only man who is being spoken about.

ii. To provide more information about the antecedent when the clause brought in by the relative pronoun is continuative.

Examples:

• I found the lady, who was spotted on the beach.
• I saw the crown, which was owned by the prince.

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