Like you see in the title, I am wondering if there's a way to make the noun get modified by 'which'.
For example,
'An apple is a kind of fruit, which is red.'
is this sentence correct grammarly? I mean, 'apple = red' but not 'a kind of fruit = red' If 'which' in this sentence modify fruit, not apple, how can I change to make 'which is red = apple'?
I hope you guys catch what I mean...
Thanks!
You are first naming something as 'an apple,' then telling what it is - 'fruit' and then showing the quality (color) of the fruit -red. So, clearly, when you define that an apple is a fruit and then redefine the fruit which is red, the pronoun 'which' will apply to the fruit and not apple.
If I have understood your question perfectly, you are asking that 'which' should be applied to the apple and not fruit, then, change the order...
There is a fruit called apple, which is red.
Now, you talked about a fruit first, then introduced 'apple,' and then redefined it by adding its color. Clearly, the 'which' is now applicable to the apple and not fruit!
Apples are by no means always red, but setting that aside, you could say "An apple is a kind of fruit that is red".
"Which" works too, although some style guides (especially in the US) advocate reserving "which" for non-restrictive relative clauses.
Here, we have a restrictive relative clause, so it is important that there is no comma after "fruit".
See https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/32/60894 for more information.
