Is it: 'A dog WHICH got lost was recently found....." or "A dog THAT got lost...." Thanks.
2006-11-01 16:41:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Both are correct. When using relative pronouns "which" and "that" can be used with things, you could even use "who" if you consider the dog a person. Further more "that" can be used in all situations (people and things).
2006-11-01 16:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by Keif 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what i learned, that is used for animals, which can be used for animals or humans, and who is for humans.
so the correct sentence would be "a dog that got lost was recently found"
however, a better way to phrase this sentence would be "a lost dog was recently found."
2006-11-02 01:10:17 · answer #2 · answered by wat_more_can_i_say? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both "which" and "that" are OK, with "that" being preferred because in the spoken language it can't be confused for a non-restrictive which... think "The dog was lost, which made people..."
The pronoun "who" would be used only by people who love dogs so much they see them as persons - cute and sweet and (yawn) and grammatically all wrong.
2006-11-02 00:53:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
me personally i would say " a dog who was lost has recently been found
2006-11-02 00:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by mekellygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. 'A dog, which was lost, was recently found' would be more proper. Or, 'A lost dog was recently found'.
2006-11-02 00:47:04 · answer #5 · answered by zzooti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be either...BUT...leave out got and use this....
a dog that/which WAS lost.
2006-11-02 00:49:35 · answer #6 · answered by Someday Soon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would leave GOT out of the sentence and use WAS. That should make it sound better either way.
2006-11-02 00:44:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are correct as far as I'm concerned.
2006-11-02 00:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by Kavliaris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either is correct.
2006-11-02 00:43:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"That".
Or make it a bit more personal - "who".
2006-11-02 00:44:00 · answer #10 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋