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Basheer Al-Khatib Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Use of Who and Which in reference to countries

Hello,

When referring to countries, do we use the pronoun who or which?

Singapore who seeks to be New Asia’s Digital Media capital?

Or:

Singapore which seeks to be New Asia’s Digital Media capital?

Thank you,

Basheer
  

Top answer

Basheer Al-Khatib Singapore , which seeks to be New Asia’s Digital Media capital? Which is correcr. I have added a comma but even that doesn't make the "sentence" complete as it lacks a main clause.

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  • Basheer Al-Khatib Singapore , which seeks to be New Asia’s Digital Media capital?
  • Which is correcr.
  • I have added a comma but even that doesn't make the "sentence" complete as it lacks a main clause.
  • CB
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Basheer Al-KhatibSingapore, which seeks to be New Asia’s Digital Media capital?
Which is correcr. I have added a comma but even that doesn't make the "sentence" complete as it lacks a main clause.

CB
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Thank you for your response. I just copied part of a sentence.
While doing a search, I found who used a lot to refer to countries, but it did not sound right to me. I did not write the original text. Had I been the writer, I would have used which.

Thank you.
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PS - And welcome to English Forums.
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Thank you. I am glad I have found this forum.
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Basheer Al-Khatib I am glad I have found this forum.
I didn't notice it was your first post.
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Hmm. I think I'm about as oblivious as a fence post, but if you'll buy me a beer, I promise to notice you!
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I was wondering the same thing while in the midst of writing a report about World War One. Thank you for asking the question, as the answers helped me as well.

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