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Q. The orator put most of the audience, which was uninterested in the lecture, to sleep.

Here why do we use "which" instead of "who" ? Which is thought was to be used when we refer to things and who when we refer people.

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Q. The orator put most of the audience, which was uninterested in the lecture, to sleep.

Here why do we use "which" instead of "who" ? Which is thought was to be used when we refer to things and who when we refer people.
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Who refers to people. That and which refer to GROUPS or things

The band, which played my favorite song.

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