Relative pronoun "that" with "the only" in the antecedent

Asked Jun 13 '19 at 16:47

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I heard "That" should be used after superlative adjectives and other determiners like all, same, any, none, nothing, only, everything little, much and no.

But in this sentence

Those who wish to raise the dignity of human life should try to give civilization that star, to equip the world with the only vision which can save it from ill will and the crazy competitions which lead thereto.

In this sentence, I think we should use the relative pronoun 'that' instead of 'which'.

Is 'the sentence above' grammatically incorrect?

asked Jun 13 '19 at 16:47

moonlightcafe

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Possible duplicate of When to use “that” and when to use “which”? Some people say "that" goes with restrictive clauses, "which" goes with non-restrictive clauses, but as the top-rated answer there says, *that rule is completely bogus*. – FumbleFingers Jun 13 '19 at 16:54
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The books tell us that a non-wh type following a nominal with "only" is preferred, but it's not a hard and fast rule. – BillJ Jun 13 '19 at 17:39

Relative pronoun "that" with "the only" in the antecedent

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