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Impersonal version of "whose"
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What is an impersonal version of "whose"?
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What is an impersonal version of "whose"?
Droid
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english: [nq:1]Hi. [/nq] Do you mean "What is the possessive of "that" and "which"? Whose.
- english: [nq:1]Hi.
- [/nq] Do you mean "What is the possessive of "that" and "which"?
- Whose.
- I wrote that whose meaning is clear: Use "whose" or recast the sentence, dear.
- " Carl R.
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Droid
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Hi. What is an impersonal version of "whose"?[/nq]
Do you mean "What is the possessive of "that" and "which"?
Whose.
I wrote that whose meaning is clear:
Use "whose" or recast the sentence, dear.
Lars Eighnerfinger for geek code (Email Removed)
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the lovely and talented Droid
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Hi. What is an impersonal version of "whose"?[/nq]
Do you mean "What is the possessive of "that" and "which"?
Whose.
I wrote that whose meaning is clear:
Use "whose" or recast the sentence, dear.
Lars Eighner
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[nq:1]Hi. What is an impersonal version of "whose"?[/nq]
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Alan Crozier
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Alan Crozier
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[nq:1]What is an impersonal version of "whose"?[/nq]
Probably things like "the table whose leg is broken" and "the proficiency level whose criteria are specified in Table A."
Some of us are reluctant to use that form, although we might in some circumstances. I'd rather say "the table with a broken leg" or "the table that has a broken leg." But if others say it, it doesn't bother me.
Probably things like "the table whose leg is broken" and "the proficiency level whose criteria are specified in Table A."
Some of us are reluctant to use that form, although we might in some circumstances. I'd rather say "the table with a broken leg" or "the table that has a broken leg." But if others say it, it doesn't bother me.
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[nq:2]Hi. What is an impersonal version of "whose"?[/nq]
[nq:1]whose[/nq]
Stragenly, almost everytime I read a sentence that uses 'whose' in this way it strikes me as slightly odd. Am I the only person who experiences this?
Some google examples:
"Click the page whose title you want to change"
"The house, whose main theme is light, is based on a dialogue of formal volumes"
[nq:1]whose[/nq]
Stragenly, almost everytime I read a sentence that uses 'whose' in this way it strikes me as slightly odd. Am I the only person who experiences this?
Some google examples:
"Click the page whose title you want to change"
"The house, whose main theme is light, is based on a dialogue of formal volumes"
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[nq:1]Stragenly[/nq]
Spelling instead to emphasize the strangeness, btw.
Spelling instead to emphasize the strangeness, btw.
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"Dylan Nicholson" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag
[nq:2]whose[/nq]
[nq:1]Stragenly, almost everytime I read a sentence that uses 'whose' in thisway it strikes me as slightly odd. Am I the only person who experiences this?[/nq]
No, but "whose" is still correct.
[nq:1]Then there are sentences like this: Sourav Ganguly is a gifted timer of the ball whose frailty against rising
[nq:2]whose[/nq]
[nq:1]Stragenly, almost everytime I read a sentence that uses 'whose' in thisway it strikes me as slightly odd. Am I the only person who experiences this?[/nq]
No, but "whose" is still correct.
[nq:1]Then there are sentences like this: Sourav Ganguly is a gifted timer of the ball whose frailty against rising
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[nq:2]whose[/nq]
[nq:1]Stragenly, almost everytime I read a sentence that uses 'whose' in this way it strikes me as slightly odd. Am ... light, is based on a dialogue of formal volumes" Inside the galaxy (whose size is indicated by the white ellipse),...[/nq]
This use doesn't bother me, but no, you aren't the only one. Relative pronoun usage shifts around and about faster than one would ex
[nq:1]Stragenly, almost everytime I read a sentence that uses 'whose' in this way it strikes me as slightly odd. Am ... light, is based on a dialogue of formal volumes" Inside the galaxy (whose size is indicated by the white ellipse),...[/nq]
This use doesn't bother me, but no, you aren't the only one. Relative pronoun usage shifts around and about faster than one would ex
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In our last episode,
(Email Removed), the lovely and talented Richard R. Hershberger broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]This use doesn't bother me, but no, you aren't the only one. Relative pronoun usage shifts around and about faster ... traditional usage is still fine, but some people will dislike it and the day may come when it is obslete.[/nq]
I don't recall seeing anything of i
(Email Removed), the lovely and talented Richard R. Hershberger broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]This use doesn't bother me, but no, you aren't the only one. Relative pronoun usage shifts around and about faster ... traditional usage is still fine, but some people will dislike it and the day may come when it is obslete.[/nq]
I don't recall seeing anything of i
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"Lars Eighner" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag
[nq:2]This use doesn't bother me, but no, you aren't the ... it and the day may come when it is obslete.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't recall seeing anything of it recently, but a few years ago I often heard from people who were uncomfortable with any impersonal noun having a possessive.[/nq]
Yes, I do generally avoid constructions like "the
[nq:2]This use doesn't bother me, but no, you aren't the ... it and the day may come when it is obslete.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't recall seeing anything of it recently, but a few years ago I often heard from people who were uncomfortable with any impersonal noun having a possessive.[/nq]
Yes, I do generally avoid constructions like "the
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