Which or not which (This is the very book that I want)

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Please read:

a.This is the very book which I want.
b.This is the very book that I want.

If I don’t want remove “which” and “that”, these 2 sentences are still correct in grammar?

Thanks
K

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Which can be used in restrictive clauses, but to me it sounds awkward here.
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Hi Van Khanh,

I feel that 'that is the better choice here. We use that after superlatives as in: That’s the best book that you can read and you could say the very has the same flavour.

Alan