[§ 522]. The word that, although originally, when a demonstrative pronoun, a neuter singular, is now used as a relative for all genders, and both numbers.
1. He that spoke.—Masculine gender.
2. She that spoke.—Feminine gender.
3. They that fought.—Plural number.
4. The man that I struck.—Objective case.
[§ 523]. Etymologically, which is no true neuter of who, but a compound word. It is used, however, with less latitude than that. The beginning of the Lord's Prayer exhibits it in combination with a masculine noun. Generally, however, it is confined to the neuter gender; in which it is common to both numbers.
1. The dagger which stabbed Cæsar.—Nominative singular.
2. The daggers which stabbed Cæsar.—Nominative plural.
3. The dagger which I grasp.—Objective singular.
4. The daggers which I grasp.—Objective plural.