Do I need to use の or が in this sentence

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先生の言ったとおりにやってください or 先生が言ったとおりにやってください

I'm trying to say "Please do as the teacher said"

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '17 at 06:14

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In relative clauses, が and の are mostly interchangeable. These two sentences are equally correct, and sound almost identical to me.

answered Jun 21 '17 at 06:14

naruto

am I still allowed to use が in 本のとおりに炊いた [cook by the book] ? – MatsuzakaSteven Jun 21 '17 at 06:36
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@user22630 No, that の is not the subject marker. It's the particle that connects two *nouns*, and such の is not interchangeable with が (except in [rare situations related to archaic Japanese](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/43570/5010)). – naruto Jun 21 '17 at 06:45

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