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Can which-clause function as a subject predicate like this?

That is which we had to overcome and penetrate.

It sounds weird to me, but is it a correct use of grammar?

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    You should use what there, not which.
    – Robusto
    Jan 15, 2017 at 4:17
  • @Robusto genius.com/Godspeed-you-black-emperor-static-lyrics I thought that's what must be the case. But here, the preacher (this music is purely instrumental, with occasional long narratives and speeches) says this: That is which the prophet and the Urim and Thummim has penetrated.
    – gualk
    Jan 15, 2017 at 4:25
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    Sounds like they're being pseudo-archaic, fake high-toned English which may work for dopey lyrics but not for real speech/writing.
    – Robusto
    Jan 15, 2017 at 5:09
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    @Robusto Oh thanks. So they are really archaic either?
    – gualk
    Jan 15, 2017 at 5:11
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    It could have been used in some mangled passage in the Bible or something. But I've never encountered any such usage.
    – Robusto
    Jan 15, 2017 at 5:37

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