Question

State whether true or false:
The relative pronoun “who” can be used for people, animals and things.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Hint: A relative pronoun is a word like "that," "which," or "who," and a relative clause is one that starts with one of these words. The relative clause "who breathed blue fire" is used in the sentence "The dragon who breathed blue fire has retired."

Complete answer:
Relative pronoun - A relative pronoun is a pronoun that indicates that a clause is relative.
The word that in the sentence "This is the house that Jack designed" is an example. The relative clause "Jack created," which modifies the noun house in the main sentence, is joined here by the relative pronoun. That has an anaphoric relationship with the main clause's antecedent "home." The most common relative pronouns in the English language are which, that, whose, whoever, whomever, who, and whomever.

For example -
That - The dog that stole the pie is back.
Whom – Our maid, whom we employed for over a year, was related to the relatives.
Whose – The person whose money was stolen, come here to borrow some money.
Who – The person who bought the Tesla car, worked day and night to earn it.

Since "who" is only used to refer to individuals, the statement is false. The pronouns "whose" and "that" are used to refer to animals and objects, respectively.
Consider the following scenario:
My aunt was the lady you saw the other day.
My next-door neighbor's dog is running around.

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: The element in the main clause for which the relative pronoun in the relative clause stands is the antecedent of that pronoun (house in the example above).The antecedent is usually a nominal (noun or noun phrase), but the pronoun can also refer to an entire proposition, as in "The train was late, which greatly irritated me," where the antecedent of the relative pronoun is the clause "The train was late" (the thing that irritated me was the fact that the train was late).