This color is the same as that [is].
Other relatives are also used after the same.
- This is the same book that (or which) you were reading yesterday.
- This is the same man that (or whom) I saw on the pier last Friday.
148. Who is either masculine or feminine; which and what are neuter; that and as are of all three genders.
- All who heard, approved.
- Here is the lad whose story interested you.
- The first woman whom I saw was Mary.
- He answered in such English as he could muster.
- I saw nobody that I knew.
- This is the road that leads to London.
In older English the which is often used for which: as,—
Our foster-nurse of nature is repose,
The which he lacks.—Shakspere.
For other uses of as, see [§§ 368], [428–429]. For but in such sentences as “There was nobody but believed him,” see [§ 370].
149. A relative pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender, number, and person.
The sentences in [§ 148] illustrate the agreement of the relative with its antecedent in gender.