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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Of which = whose
Morning everyone,
The original sentence is like this:
There are problems whose solutions have baffled philosophers of all ages.
Using "whose" is a bit informal to me, then I changed it to "of which".
There are problems solutions of which has baffled philosophers of all ages.
Problems is straight connected with solutions, which is a bit strange to me.
However, I cannot insert a comma between them since the relative clause is defining.
Is the "of which" sentence correct?
Thank you.
The original sentence is like this:
There are problems whose solutions have baffled philosophers of all ages.
Using "whose" is a bit informal to me, then I changed it to "of which".
There are problems solutions of which has baffled philosophers of all ages.
Problems is straight connected with solutions, which is a bit strange to me.
However, I cannot insert a comma between them since the relative clause is defining.
Is the "of which" sentence correct?
Thank you.
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" There are problems the solutions of which have baffled etc. This is natural to my ear. I also use "whose," but I understand your objection.
- " There are problems the solutions of which have baffled etc.
- This is natural to my ear.
- I also use "whose," but I understand your objection.
- " Edit.
- I guess "the" is optional in the singular as well, although it sounds a bit awkward either way.
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In my opinion, what you need to insert is "the."
There are problems the solutions of which have baffled etc.
This is natural to my ear. I also use "whose," but I understand your objection.
I think, on reflection, that in the plural, you may skip the "the."
Edit. I guess "the" is optional in the singular as well, although it sounds a bit awkward
There are problems the solutions of which have baffled etc.
This is natural to my ear. I also use "whose," but I understand your objection.
I think, on reflection, that in the plural, you may skip the "the."
Edit. I guess "the" is optional in the singular as well, although it sounds a bit awkward
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Hi,
A minor comment.
philosophers of all ages.Makes me think some were teenagers, some middle-aged, some elderly, etc.
A minor comment.
philosophers of all ages.Makes me think some were teenagers, some middle-aged, some elderly, etc.
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