relative pronoun | use | example |
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which | subject or object pronoun for animals and things | It was the neighbour’s dog whichbarked in the middle of the night. |
which | referring to a whole sentence | This is the report, which some people don't like. |
whose | possession for people, animals and things | Yesterday I talked to a boy whose mother writes short stories. It was an old house, whosebasement had been flooded. |
where | subject or object pronoun for people and places | The hotel where we stayed was in front of the sea. |
that | subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible) | The charity commission wrote the report that upset some people. |