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Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Complicated possessive
Are these sentences correct:
1-The car the chrome of whose bumper was too shiny belonged to John.
2-The car the chrome of the bumper of which was too shiny belonged to John.
3-The car the chrome of whose bumper I had scratched belonged to John.
4-The car the chrome of the bumper of which I had scratched belonged to John.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-The car the chrome of whose bumper was too shiny belonged to John.
2-The car the chrome of the bumper of which was too shiny belonged to John.
3-The car the chrome of whose bumper I had scratched belonged to John.
4-The car the chrome of the bumper of which I had scratched belonged to John.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
g. "The car, the chrome of whose bumper was too shiny, belonged to John") but they are all a bit horrible, (2) and (4) especially so. They look like example sentences constructed to prove a grammatical point rather than natural language.
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- "The car, the chrome of whose bumper was too shiny, belonged to John") but they are all a bit horrible, (2) and (4) especially so.
- They look like example sentences constructed to prove a grammatical point rather than natural language.
- ) or "The car whose chrome bumper I had scratched belonged to John".
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I think commas would help (e.g. "The car, the chrome of whose bumper was too shiny, belonged to John") but they are all a bit horrible, (2) and (4) especially so. They look like example sentences constructed to prove a grammatical point rather than natural language. Say it another way, such as "The car with the very shiny chrome bumper belonged to John" (why would a chrome bumper be "too" shiny?)
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