Which whose regel

For example: The carpet which you bought has moth damage. A "carpet" is a thing, so "which" is correct. NB: Using "which" without a comma is unpopular, especially in the US.

The carpet that you bought has moth damage. Using "that" as opposed to "which" without a comma is strongly preferred in the US. My Persian carpet, which I bought in Qom , has been chewed by the dog.

NB: Using "which" with a comma is fine. My Persian carpet, that I bought in Qom , has been chewed by the dog. The boy who stole your bike is at the door. A "boy" is a person, so "who" is correct. The boy that stole your bike is at the door. Using Commas with "Which" and "Who" You never need a comma before "that.

Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine?

Finally , at last , lastly or in the end? First , firstly or at first? Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go?

Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately?

Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another?

Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind?

Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell? So that or in order that? Sometimes or sometime? Sound or noise? Speak or talk? Such or so? Towards or toward? Wait or wait for? Wake , wake up or awaken? Worth or worthwhile? Noun phrases: dependent words Noun phrases: order Noun phrases: uses Noun phrases: noun phrases and verbs Noun phrases: two noun phrases together. Pronouns: possessive my , mine , your , yours , etc. Pronouns: reflexive myself , themselves , etc.

Pronouns: indefinite - body , - one , - thing , - where Pronouns: one , you , we , they Relative pronouns Questions: interrogative pronouns what , who Someone , somebody , something , somewhere That. A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause :. Who is more formal than that. This is the man who helped us. We use which or that when we talk about things but not people.

Which is more formal than that. It's the watch which my husband bought me for my birthday. It's the watch my husband bought me for my birthday. We cannot omit which and that when the pronoun refers to the subject of the sentence. It was the man that sold me the car.

In this sentence, 'the man' is the subject of the verb sold so we need to use that or who. It was the man sold me the car.