Je pense que Tom veut quelque chose sur lequel écrire.

Since “chose” is feminine, should this be “laquelle”?

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English Translation

I think Tom wants something to write on.

I had the same question! Quelque chose is an invariant pronoun and is always masculine. However, there is some debate about this on the internet, even amongst francophones!

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It’s more elegant and euphonic to say in French:

“quelque chose sur quoi écrire”,

pour éviter ce masculin grammaticalement correct mais un peu déplaisant à l’oreille.

On the other hand:

“un petit quelque chose”

is very commonly used and easy on the ear.

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