which

Definitions

1. determiner

   Used to ask about one choice from a group.

   Examples

   • Which song shall we play?
   • They couldn't decide which song to play.
2. determiner

   Any one that you choose.

   Examples

   • Take which one you want.
   • You may go which way you please.
3. determiner

   Used to refer to something that was just mentioned.

   Examples

   • The phone has a new processor, which fact they proudly announce on the box.
   • He once owned a painting of the house, which painting was later stolen.
4. pronoun

   Used alone to ask about one choice from a group.

   Examples

   • Which is which?
   • Which do you want, the red or the blue?
5. pronoun

   Any one that you choose.

   Examples

   • Please take which you like.
   • Choose which you like best.
6. pronoun

   Used to add more information about a thing that was just mentioned.

   Examples

   • I found my camera, which I thought I had lost, under the bed.
   • She dropped a pan, which knocked over the eggs.
7. pronoun

   Used to say which thing you mean.

   Examples

   • This is the letter which I received.
   • This is the letter in which he explains his decision.
8. pronoun

   Used to talk about a whole situation that was just described.

   Examples

   • The front door was open, which worried me.
   • He had to leave, which was very difficult.
9. pronoun

   Used in old-fashioned speech for a baby or a young child.

   Examples

   • She had a young child, which cried all night.
   • They had a baby, which slept all day.
10. conjunction

    Used in old-fashioned writing to mean and.

    Examples

    • They offered me five dollars, which I would not take.
    • He promised a reward, which he never paid.