Usage of Who?

[Guest]

Hello Everybody,

In relative clause, we use Who for people as in The man who is speaking is a teacher.

But, can we use Who for animals? For example, Which one is the horse who won the match?

Please explain to me why we can use WHO with animal and vice versa.
Your helps will be appreciated,

[Alan]

Hi,

It is very unusual to use who for animals except in a comic sense when you are referring to an animal as if it were human. If you like, you can read the material I've written on this site about relative pronouns. If you go to esl lessons, you will find in the index 3 headings for Relative Pronoun.
I hope you find this useful.

Alan
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