Quick grammar question…

[sleepwhenidie]

The man and the company, who are buying the oranges

or

the man and the company, which are buying the oranges?

Neither make sense. Can you give wider context.

The first one

(Assuming there's more to the sentence than that)

The man, and the company, which is buying the oranges, are going to sell smoothies.

The man and the company, who are buying the oranges, will later sell them for a profit.

^^My best attempt, though maths is more my thing.

It can be read as a question - is it the man or the company who are buying them?? Context is your friend her OP.

The man and the company - which are buying the oranges?

The man and the company - who is buying the oranges?

As in which party. But if that's not it and it's saying that both of them are buying the oranges then it's who.

Is the man from the company or are they two different entities?

what come after that bit?

Can you give a bit of context please OP!

the man is buying oranges and the company is buying oranges (so they will both then own some oranges)…

I think it’s who, but it’s been drafted as which in the document I’m reading.

I would reword the sentence. It sounds clumsy. There will be a better way to say it.

What's the rest of the sentence?

The man and the company that are buying the oranges....

I think you are right Zuarula…off to irritate the original author! Thanks everyone

Is it the man from del monte? he needs to remember that oranges are not the only fruit.

That's definitely grammatically correct, but @sleepwhenidie you need to tell us the end of the sentence in order to ascertain if commas are needed or not (ie is the clause about buying oranges non-defining or defining)

The man and the company, who are both buying oranges, will be in direct competition with each other.

I think it’s too wordy, ‘Both the man and the company are buying oranges ….. ‘ or ‘The man and the company are each buying their own oranges ….’