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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Of which/whose
a) I saw a man, whose car was parked outside.
b) I saw a man, the car of whom was parked outside.
c) I saw a house, the chimney of which was smoking.
Am I correct to say that all are grammatical but b is odd and better written as a?
Ta
b) I saw a man, the car of whom was parked outside.
c) I saw a house, the chimney of which was smoking.
Am I correct to say that all are grammatical but b is odd and better written as a?
Ta
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a) I saw a man, whose car was parked outside. -- I'm not convinced about the comma. Otherwise fine.
- a) I saw a man, whose car was parked outside.
- -- I'm not convinced about the comma.
- Otherwise fine.
- b) I saw a man, the car of whom was parked outside.
- -- Theoretically grammatically possible I suppose, but no one would ever say this.
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a) I saw a man, whose car was parked outside. -- I'm not convinced about the comma. Otherwise fine.
b) I saw a man, the car of whom was parked outside. -- Theoretically grammatically possible I suppose, but no one would ever say this.
c) I saw a house, the chimney of which was smoking. -- Seems a bit cumbersome to me. I would say "whose chimney was". (This use of "whose" for ina
b) I saw a man, the car of whom was parked outside. -- Theoretically grammatically possible I suppose, but no one would ever say this.
c) I saw a house, the chimney of which was smoking. -- Seems a bit cumbersome to me. I would say "whose chimney was". (This use of "whose" for ina
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Mr WordyTheoretically grammatically possible I suppose, but no one would ever say this.You're forgetting English teachers.
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