Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - which
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adj. & pron. --interrog.adj. asking for choice from a definite set of alternatives (which John do you mean?; say which book you prefer; which way shall we go?). --rel.adj. being the one just referred to; and this or these (ten years, during which time they admitted nothing; a word of advice, which action is within your power, will set things straight). --interrog.pron. 1 which person or persons (which of you is responsible?). 2 which thing or things (say which you prefer). --rel.pron. (poss. of which, whose) 1 which thing or things, usu. introducing a clause not essential for identification (cf. THAT pron. 7) (the house, which is empty, has been damaged). 2 used in place of that after in or that (there is the house in which I was born; that which you have just seen). Phrases and idioms which is which a phrase used when two or more persons or things are difficult to distinguish from each other. Etymology: OE hwilc f. Gmc
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I. adjective see: who Date: before 12th century being what one or ones out of a group, ~ever , 3. — used as a function word to introduce a nonrestrictive relative clause and to modify a noun in that clause and to refer together with that noun to a word or word group in a preceding clause or to an entire preceding clause or sentence or longer unit of discourse II. pronoun Date: before 12th century what one or ones out of a group, ~ever , 3. — used as a function word to introduce a relative clause; used in any grammatical relation except that of a possessive; used especially in reference to animals, inanimate objects, groups, or ideas — used freely in reference to persons as recently as the 17th century , and still occasionally so used but usually with some implication of emphasis on the function or role of the person rather than on the person as such — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, in reference to an idea expressed by a word or group of words that is not necessarily a noun or noun phrase see: that ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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