Which or Witch?

Which or Witch?

• "Which" is used to ask a question or to present additional information. For example:
• Which is best?
• Which team is won?
• They made lasagne, which I love.
• A noun "witch" is a woman who performs magic with spells and potions. For example:
• Witches are commonly portrayed to have wrinkled skin, pimples, and pointy hats.
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Which

The word "which" can be used used to request specifying information (i.e., to ask a question) or to give specifying information. When "which" is used to ask a question, it will be an interrogative pronoun or an interrogative determiner. When it is used to give information, it will be a relative pronoun.

Example sentences with "which":
• Which are acceptable?
(Here, "which" is an interrogative pronoun.)
• Which country held last year's contest?
(Here, "which" is an interrogative adjective that modifies "country.")
• The front wheel fell off Paul's new car, which he was driving at the time.
(Here, "which" is being used as a relative pronoun.)
• Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. (Julius Caesar)
(Here, "which" is being used as a relative pronoun.)
The big question with "which" is whether to precede it with a comma or not.

Read more about using commas with which.

Witch

The noun "witch" denotes a woman who performs magic using spells, potions, and the invocation of spirits.

Example sentences with "witch":
• Probably the most obvious characteristic of a witch is the ability to cast a spell.
• From 1645–1663, about eighty people throughout England's Massachusetts Bay Colony were accused of being witches.
Ways to Remember

Only a "witch" can get an "itch."

Wh-Pronouns

"Which" is one of the wh-pronouns. The wh-pronouns are either interrogative pronouns or relative pronouns. Other common ones are:
• what
• where
• when
• who
• whom
• whose

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