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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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I can eat everything which I want

I can eat everything that I want

I can eat everything which I want.

I can eat everything I want.

I think which is wrong here, if so could you tell me why why?
  

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When a personal pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, zero-relative is preferred over that and which , and informal discourse avoids which except when complex phrases or clauses intervene between the antecedent head and the relative pronoun. 16) In short: we can use which , but we don't do it.

— Mister Micawber

  • When a personal pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, zero-relative is preferred over that and which , and informal discourse avoids which except when complex phrases or clauses intervene between the antecedent head and the relative pronoun.
  • 16) In short: we can use which , but we don't do it.
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When a personal pronoun is the subject of the relative clause, zero-relative is preferred over that and which, and informal discourse avoids which except when complex phrases or clauses intervene between the antecedent head and the relative pronoun. (Quirk 17.16)

In short: we can use which, but we don't do it.
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Normal utterance is " I can eat anything I want."
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