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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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What to use for a country: which or who?

Which of the following is correct (difference: who and which)? If both are not, what is the correct way?
1. This is a very useful strategy for India who has been lagging behind in the global race of biotechnological research
2. This is a very useful strategy for India which has been lagging behind in the global race of biotechnological research
  

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Anonymous This is a very useful strategy for India , which has been lagging behind in the global race of biotechnological research . With the corrections in punctuation, the sentence is fine. The reference is obviously to the one and only country generally known as India, and therefore a comma is required as the relative clause is a non-defining / non-restrictive one.

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  • Anonymous This is a very useful strategy for India , which has been lagging behind in the global race of biotechnological research .
  • With the corrections in punctuation, the sentence is fine.
  • The reference is obviously to the one and only country generally known as India, and therefore a comma is required as the relative clause is a non-defining / non-restrictive one.
  • CB
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AnonymousThis is a very useful strategy for India, which has been lagging behind in the global race of biotechnological research.
With the corrections in punctuation, the sentence is fine. The reference is obviously to the one and only country generally known as India, and th
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