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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Question about Whose

Hi teachers,

If I base my question on the the bold words in the answer, is it a good question?

Whose house does Robert go by train?

He goes to his parents' house by train.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Hi Thinking Spain, I am not sure whether your question is good. I would like to say this: The verb 'go' sounds a little odd to me in the question. This (using 'travel' in place of 'go') sounds better to me.

  • Hi Thinking Spain, I am not sure whether your question is good.
  • I would like to say this: The verb 'go' sounds a little odd to me in the question.
  • This (using 'travel' in place of 'go') sounds better to me.
  • Robert travels to his parents' house by train.
  • Whose house does Robert travel by train?
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Hi Thinking Spain,

I am not sure whether your question is good.

I would like to say this:

The verb 'go' sounds a little odd to me in the question.

This (using 'travel' in place of 'go') sounds better to me.

Robert travels to his parents' house by train.

Whose house does Robert travel by train?
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Thinking SpainWhose house does Robert go by train?
He goes to his parents' house by train.
You didn't notice the inconsistency: there's no "to" in the question but there is one in the reply. You could say:

To whose house does Robert go by train? Or:

Whose house does Robert go to by train?

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Hi vsuresh,

Thank you for you reply. The verb 'travel' also sounds good to me. But 'go' doesn't sound too bad either.

TS
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Hi Cool Breeze,

Thank you for your reply.

Isn't 'to' implied with the verb go?

Don't you say, 'Where do you go on Sundays?

Should I say, 'Where do you go to on Sundays?' then?

I never thought about that.

When I use the verb go, should I also include 'to'?

TS
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You don't need "to" when you're asking the question "Where do you go on Sundays?", but you do need "to" when you're asking the question "Whose house does Robert go to?"

I couldn't tell you why, though.
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Hi CSnyder,

Thank you for your reply. You certaintly have answered one of my questions.Emotion: wink

TS

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