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Intiqam88 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

that / which

Why in this sentence we cannot use "which"?
This is the only thing that (not "which) I like.
  

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The usual prescription in AmE is to use 'that' to introduce a restrictive (defining) relative clause. In BrE, both 'that' and 'which' are possible/correct. In fact, you can even leave out the that/which there and the sentence will still be grammatical.

— Ivanhr

  • The usual prescription in AmE is to use 'that' to introduce a restrictive (defining) relative clause.
  • In BrE, both 'that' and 'which' are possible/correct.
  • In fact, you can even leave out the that/which there and the sentence will still be grammatical.
  • This is the only thing I like.
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The usual prescription in AmE is to use 'that' to introduce a restrictive (defining) relative clause. In BrE, both 'that' and 'which' are possible/correct.

In fact, you can even leave out the that/which there and the sentence will still be grammatical.

This is the only thing I like.
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intiqam88Why in this sentence we cannot use "which"?
Why can't we use "which" in this sentence?
This is the only thing that (not "which) I like.
You can. Use "that" or "which" or nothing at all. Here they are, listed in order from most formal to least formal:

This is the only thing which I like.
This is the only thing t
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