What part of speech is which?
“Which” has various parts of speech:
- Relative pronoun (e.g., “That theater, which was built in 1750, served as an important meeting point during the revolution”)
- Relative adjective to modify a noun (e.g., “I don’t know which train to take”)
- Interrogative pronoun (e.g., “Which is your favorite?”)
- Interrogative determiner to modify a noun or pronoun (e.g., “Which dress looks best?”)
Some people get confused when choosing wich or which, but “which” is the correct spelling. Make sure you don’t make this mistake by using Quillbot’s free Grammar Checker.