Correctly English: Which and Who

[Quaz]

Evenin' ladies and gentlemen.

I'm not from a english speaking country, but I'm doing everything to reach a niveau near to an well speaking englishman.
I hope I don't come over as a retarded dumb if I ask some explaination about 'which' and 'who'.

When do I need to use which? I hope someone can explain me more about it with some examples.

Kind regards,
Quaz

[Halogenn]

'Who' is for a person
'Which' is for an object, animal
'That' is for both

[Webster]

'Who' is for a person
'Which' is for an object, animal
'That' is for both

Grammar nazi.

[Halogenn]

Grammar nazi.

Nein!


More detailed explanation:

Who (and its inflections, whom and whose) is used to refer only to people or to entities treated as people (e.g., gods, or anthropomorphized pets).

Which is used to refer to things or animals, not people. When the relative clause is nonrestrictive, use who, not which to refer to people.

[[SE]Dr_Pepper27]

EX> Which animal is that?
EX> Who is that?

INCORRECT:

Who animal is that?

Which is that?
(Although the above one makes sense, it's not correct for talking to a human.)
)

[Quaz]

Thank you very much.
When I read it, my mind tells me somewhere I knew this already.
I think I had to follow more my english teachers words than watch her..

[9r2e5i3k]

which - when you ask for one (eventually a few) of a limited/given selection
what instead of which - when you ask from a full/non-limited selection
who - logically "what/which person"

example:
What color(s) do you like?
Which color(s) do you like: red, green, blue or yellow?

[Cane]

Correctly English

^ Correct* English

[Victor]

You helped me too guys :P even i hate grammar  :flame:

[Green_Thumb]

It can also be used for

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"Which" one of you has my gun

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"Who" the fuck are youAnd

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"That" man stole my purse! (Usually refered to an individual you do not know the name of.)