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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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English grammar

Can one use "whose" for inaniamte nouns?
For example, is the following sentence correct?

it is malaria, whose mode of transmission is via insect bite.
  

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Anonymous Can one use "whose" for inanimate nouns? Yes; it is a common fix for the awkward 'of which'.

  • Anonymous Can one use "whose" for inanimate nouns?
  • Yes; it is a common fix for the awkward 'of which'.
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AnonymousCan one use "whose" for inanimate nouns?
Yes; it is a common fix for the awkward 'of which'.

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