please suggest which one is correct?

Question

1. The Red, old chair was the only thing in that room that did not need reupholstering.
2. The Red, old chair was the only thing in that room which did not need reupholstering.

Answer 1

Sentence 1 is more correct though not in its entirety.

If the 'red chair' is old you need to call it 'the old red chair' unless it was originally of a different color and was painted red somewhere in between when the chair was made and was painted red.

and the use of 'which' in second sentence is to be preceded by a comma in case you are referring to the room to be reupholstered because 'which' is referredly used to the thing or place that is to be affected by the rest of the sentence in the current situation the effect being 'reupholstered'.

hope this helps.

Answer 2

2

Answer 3

2. The Red, old chair was the only thing in that room which did not need reupholstering.

Answer 4

I would say,
The old, red chair was the only thing in that room that didn't need reupholstering.
Comments
*Old is before Red as an adjective in my syntax.
**Using "which" after "that room" modifies the room not the chair so 2. means to me "The Red, old chair was the only thing in that room, which (the room) needed to be reupholstered."
***I probably wouldn't use "that" twice either as it is part of the confusion. So the best construction to me is, "The old, red chair was the only thing in the room that did not need reupholstering.;

Answer 5

I think you should use "that".

The clause to follow that/which in your sentence pertains to a pertinent information about the single, red, old chair and not just some extra information about it so, it is more appropriate to use "that".

Please refer to discussion below:

According to the more quibbling self-styled grammar experts, that is restrictive, while which is not.

Many grammarians insist on a distinction without any historical justification. Many of the best writers in the language couldn't tell you the difference between them, while many of the worst think they know. If the subtle difference between the two confuses you, use whatever sounds right. Other matters are more worthy of your attention.

For the curious, however, the relative pronoun "that" is restrictive, which means it tells you a necessary piece of information about its antecedent: for example, "The word processor "that" is used most often is WordPerfect." Here the that phrase answers an important question: which of the many word processors are we talking about? And the answer is the one that is used most often.

Which is non-restrictive: it does not limit the word it refers to. An example is "Penn's ID center, which is called CUPID, has been successful so far." Here that is unnecessary: the which does not tell us which of Penn's many ID centers we're considering; it simply provides an extra piece of information about the plan we're already discussing. "Penn's ID Center" tells us all we really need to know to identify it.

It boils down to this: if you can tell which thing is being discussed without the which or that clause, use which; if you can't, use that.

There are two rules of thumb you can keep in mind. First, if the phrase needs a comma, you probably mean which. Since "Penn's ID center" calls for a comma, we would not say "Penn's ID Center, that is called CUPID."

Another way to keep them straight is to imagine by the way following every which: "Penn's ID center, which (by the way) is called CUPID. . . ." The which adds a useful, but not grammatically necessary, piece of information. On the other hand, we wouldn't say "The word processor which (by the way) is used most often is WordPerfect," because the word processor on its own isn't enough information — which word processor?

A paradoxical mnemonic: use that to tell which, and which to tell that.

Answer 6

Both of the sentences make sense to me.

Answer 7

i think its 2

Answer 8

the first one. i think it's not necessary to put which in that sentence.

Answer 9

Both are correct. "That" and "which" can be used in place of one in such sentences.

Answer 10

it is first one.