Native English speakers only, who or which?

Education & Reference by Anonymous 2018-06-21 04:05:00

Social Science

3 answers

I know Choice A in the question below is correct. But is Choice B completely wrong? Please give an explanation. Thank you very much. Q: __ is smarter, Tom or Mary? A. Who B.Which C.What

Anonymous

Who because Tom and Mary are people. Which is only used if what you are referring to are objects or things.
Anonymous

B. is wrong because it must go in front of a noun. You could say: Which person is smarter, but not just "which is smarter". Or you could say: Which one is smarter. Sure, people will still understand you, but it's not grammatically correct.
Anonymous

It is A because which B refers to a thing and not a person