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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Please find a mistake

There is an exercise in the test, where I have to find a mistake in a given sentence.. and the sentence says:

"The competition, which results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league"

The mistake is "which". Could you please explain, why? Thanks
  

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Anonymous Could you please explain, why? Because 'which' is not possessive. The competition, whose results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Could you please explain, why?
  • Because 'which' is not possessive.
  • The competition, whose results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league.
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AnonymousCould you please explain, why?
Because 'which' is not possessive.

The competition, whose results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league.
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I thought you could use whose only towards animate objects?
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There is an old, dead superstition about using "whose" for animate objects and "of which" for inanimate objects. Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage quotes an American grammarian who said, "Grammarians would perhaps differ less, if they read more." :-)

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Welcome to English Forums, lowyaw. Why are you answering your own anonymous post?
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lowyawThere is an old, dead superstition about using "whose" for animate objects and "of which" for inanimate objects. Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage quotes an American grammarian who said, "Grammarians would perhaps differ less, if they read more." :-)copied from another site
True, but the sentence is still incorrect. You can chose to use the p
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Just two cent about the use of "which " in this sentence. As it stands, the use of "which" is incorrect in the original sentence, which sounded a bit rough to my ear. It would be correct if it were: "The results of the compet
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@AlpheccaStars
How about this one?

"The competition of which the results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league."
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My sincere apology if my sentence seem stupid; I've recently begun learning this language.
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The competition, for which the results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league.

That would be better, rpels.
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rpels@AlpheccaStarsHow about this one?"The competition of which the results were announced today, may kick the team out of the league."
I'm afraid it is not what a native speaker would write or say. See Mister Micawber's suggestions.
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