give me a chair on that/which to sit

[angliholic]

Would you give me a chair on that/which to sit?




Do both of the above versions sound right to you? If not, why not? Thanks.

[riverkid]

Would you give me a chair on that/which to sit?

Do both of the above versions sound right to you? If not, why not? Thanks.

No, A, both don't sound copasetic. Fronted prepositions take 'which'. Why? I'm not sure.

[angliholic]

Thanks, riverkid.
I find copacetic in your post very amusing and foreign at the same time.
Is it very often used?

[riverkid]

Thanks, riverkid.
I find copacetic in your post very amusing and foreign at the same time.
Is it very often used?

I really don't think that it is used all that often, A. You could run a corpus check to see.