Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The old telephone ______ nobody wants has been thrown into the junkyard.

Key Points

• The pronouns that connect a clause or phrase to a noun or a pronoun, is called relative pronoun.
• The most common relative pronouns are:
  • “who, whom, whose, which, that”.
• As per the general rule, we use 'which' in relative clauses to refer to animals and things, to introduce defining and non-defining relative clauses.
• Example: 
  • You need to tick the box which says yes.​ ​(correct)
  • You need to tick the box who/whom says yes.​ ​(incorrect)
• ​According to the explanation and example that are given above, ‘which' is the correct choice for the given blank.

Complete sentence: The old telephone which nobody wants has been thrown into the junkyard.
Additional Information

• As per the general rule, we use 'who' in relative clauses to refer to a person (as the verb’s subject).
• Example: 
  • The woman who came to the door left flowers for you. (correct)
  • The woman which came to the door left flowers for you. (incorrect)
• As per the general rule, we use 'whom' in relative clauses to refer to a person (as the verb’s object).
• Example: 
  • I am not sure whom this book belongs to. (correct)
  • I am not sure which this book belongs to. (incorrect)