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who or which



moreworksheet
Vietnam

who or which
 
Help me to choose the best answer.
I have two sentence "Elephants are very big. I love them"
I can write "Elephants which I love are very big" or "Elephants who I love are very big"
Thanks a lot!

11 Dec 2009      





robertttt
Australia

The 1st choice is correct because elephants is replaced by "which" reffing to things.

11 Dec 2009     



rallentando
Korea, South

Which.

Also, you should use bracketing commas, because it is a non-restrictive clause. So, "Elephants, which I love, are very big". Otherwise it sounds as if you love only some elephants (in this case big ones), rather than all elephants.

11 Dec 2009     



savina noronha
India

The 1st choice because elephants is replaced by �whic �. you can use �that � also

11 Dec 2009     



Nuria08
Spain

It �s definitely "which" for animals. But you need commas to separate the subordinate clause from the main clause, because it is a non-defining relative clause. I would say: "Elephants, which I love, are very big". Otherwise, you are saying that you only love big elephants.
 
If you put commas, you cannot replace "which" by "that". If you don �t put commas, you can.

11 Dec 2009