Who/which
Examples:
You are my sun --------shines in my dark world.
a) who b) which
He is the lion of desert --------has no mercy for his/its enemies
a) who b)which
That guy is a donkey------is stubborn and unwilling to agree on the issue.
a) who b) which
She is my chocolate cake -------I eat three times a day.
a) who b) which
He is a cucumber -------tastes nasty
a) who b) which
Top answer
In such cases it is basically the writer's choice whether to use "who" or "which/that", but "who" seems more likely with higher animals that can display something like the human attributes, as in the "lion" and "donkey" sentences, and less likely with lower organisms or inanimate things, especially if the relative clause can't literally apply to a person, as in the "chocolate cake" and "cucumber" examples.
- In such cases it is basically the writer's choice whether to use "who" or "which/that", but "who" seems more likely with higher animals that can display something like the human attributes, as in the "lion" and "donkey" sentences, and less likely with lower organisms or inanimate things, especially if the relative clause can't literally apply to a person, as in the "chocolate cake" and "cucumber" examples.
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In such cases it is basically the writer's choice whether to use "who" or "which/that", but "who" seems more likely with higher animals that can display something like the human attributes, as in the "lion" and "donkey" sentences, and less likely with lower organisms or inanimate things, especially if the relative clause can't literally apply to a person, as in the "chocolate cake" and "cucumb
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